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Our 2023 independent school entry practice tests
for ISEB, GL and CEM Select -the most popular independent school exam boards.
An Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Rob Williams is a Chartered Psychologist with over 25 years of experience working and designing tests. He is also the author of five psychometric test design books and has worked for the school entrance test publishers ISEB, Hodder and GL Assessment. Rob Williams’s five practice aptitude tests books on Amazon:
- Brilliant Passing Verbal Reasoning Tests is the best aptitude test practice book for Passing Verbal Reasoning Tests.
- And Brilliant Passing Numerical Reasoning Tests is the best aptitude test practice book for Passing Numerical Reasoning Tests.
11 plus GL, ISEB and CEM test publishers
There are the three biggest independent school entry test publishers:
Our best 2023 GL 11 plus practice
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- Mirror the actual independent school entrance exam for each independent school you search for.
- Include explanations for each and every question.
- Provide the most accurate entry exam preparation for this reason.
- Cover the full range of independent school entrance exam question formats which we know reduces exam anxiety.
Pre-tests practice tests 2023 (for the two main publishers ISEB and CEM Select).
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School Entrance Tests recommends them for these key reasons:
(2) They can provide your child with several mock exam to improve their score.
- Strengths and weaknesses are accurately identified, which shows which independent school verbal reasoning test question types your child needs to focus on going forward.
- There’s a diagnostic format including detailed Correct/Incorrect explanations (for every answer option). This allows you to quickly identify independent school verbal reasoning test question misunderstandings of what’s required.
- Comparative performance statistics are shown. In other words, your child’s independent school verbal reasoning test scores compared to their peers.
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Sample 2023 GL 11 plus papers
GL do not issue past 11+ papers. These are very useful sample GL papers which show the type and difficulty level of the different types of GL 11+ question. This School Entrance Tests publisher GL Assessment also publishes the GL Progress Tests
See our Kent GL 11+ free resources.
GL free practice websites of 11+ papers
- Sats-Papers’s free 11 plus resources
- 11 Plus Guide’s free 11+ resources
- Bond 11 Plus’s free 11+ sample papers
- Secondary Entrance’s free 11+ sample papers
- RSL Educational free 11+ resources
Verbal reasoning GL 11 plus papers
GL’s 11+ verbal reasoning practice papers
- GL Familiarisation Verbal Reasoning Parent’s Guide
- Verbal Reasoning 1 Test Booklet
- GL Familiarisation Verbal Reasoning 1 Answer Sheet
- Verbal Reasoning 2 Test Booklet
- GL Familiarisation Verbal Reasoning 2 Answer Sheet
- Verbal Reasoning 3 Test Booklet
- GL Familiarisation Verbal Reasoning 3 Answer Sheet
English GL 11 plus papers
11plus GL English practice papers
- GL Familiarisation English Parent’s Guide
- English 1 Test Booklet
- GL Familiarisation English 1 Answer Sheet
- English 2 Test Booklet
- GL Familiarisation English 2 Answer Sheet
Maths GL 11 plus papers
- GL Familiarisation Maths Parent’s Guide.
- Maths 1 Test Booklet
- GL Familiarisation Maths 1 Answer Sheet
- Maths 2 Test Booklet
- GL Familiarisation Maths 2 Answer Sheet
Non-Verbal reasoning GL 11 plus papers
GL’s 11+ non-verbal reasoning practice papers
- GL Familiarisation Non-Verbal Reasoning Parent’s Guide
- Non-Verbal Reasoning 1 Test Booklet
- GL Familiarisation Non-Verbal Reasoning 1 Answer Sheet
- Non-Verbal Reasoning 2 Test Booklet
- GL Familiarisation Non-Verbal Reasoning 2 Answer Sheet
- Non-Verbal Reasoning 3 Test Booklet
- GL Familiarisation Non-Verbal Reasoning 3 Answer Sheet
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GL Assessment’s Progress Test in Maths
This is a good indicator of trends in performance in schools. Also:
- Progress math tests are also a reliable year on year benchmark.
- identify the underperforming section of students.
- act as a valuable tool in intervention measures.
- highlight the Maths potential of different pupils.
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What’s the 11 plus pass mark?’
Whilst CEM and GL Assessment exams broadly cover English, maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning, there are a number of key differences.
11 plus exam formats differ
GL exams are:
- Split by subject (English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning).
- 11 plus Questions are chosen from GL question banks.
Whereas 11 plus CEM exam papers
- Do not separate subjects by paper.
- Typically, a CEM 11 plus exam paper tests English and verbal reasoning skills. Then another tests maths and non-verbal reasoning skills.
- CEM 11 plus exam papers are broken into varying sections of different question types.
Whereas CEM 11 plus exam papers:
- CEM’s 11 plus exams include verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and numerical reasoning.
- Verbal reasoning includes many of the skills covered in a GL Assessment English test.
- CEM’s numerical reasoning covers the main maths skills that would be tested in a GL maths exam.
- CEM exams align much more closely to KS2 National Curriculum content than GL does.
Exam timing differs
- GL’s 11 plus exams are typically 45 mins.
- Whereas CEM 11 plus exams do not follow a specific format. CEM’s 11 plus exams therefore change from year to year. You are advised to check the current year’s format on the CEM 11 plus Website.
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GL Assessment 11 plus exam papers:
- English, maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning.
- GL grammar schools therefore pick to administer all subjects, or a selection only.
- GL Assessment exams can cover any of 21 different verbal reasoning skills, much more than seen in CEM examinations. However, CEM examinations require a much broader range of vocabulary.
GL 11 Plus
Firstly, the GL 11 Plus consists of these four 11 plus papers: English GL Assessment; Maths GL Assessment; Verbal Reasoning GL Assessment; and Non-verbal Reasoning GL Assessment.
- The format of these papers does vary from region to region.
- GL 11+ exams have an administration time of 45 mins. Individual grammar schools determine their own test times and the multiple-choice/standard 11 plus format.
11 Plus Exam Differences
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