Mayfield School | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers

April 10, 2024 The Exam Coach

Our 11+ Papers and Answers

The papers we’ve shared below are in similar style to those typically delivered as 11 plus assessments by Mayfield School.

New 11+ practice papers are sent out via email every Friday. You can sign up to receive these, every week, using the form above.

Exam style — ISEB Common Pre-Test and school’s own exam.

Exam types:

English (reading comprehension, sentence completion, spelling and punctuation).
Maths (in line with the National Curriculum up to Year 5).
Verbal reasoning (common words, antonyms, word combinations, letter transfer, number codes, etc.).
Non-verbal reasoning (shape analogies, classes like, horizontal codes, etc.).
Creative writing

Exam length — Around 3 hours in total.

Interviews — An interview may be held by the headmistress if required.

Other exam and entry information:

The pre-tests cover English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning separately. All 4 tests are completed online and all questions are in multiple-choice format.
The English ISEB test takes 25 minutes, mathematics 50 minutes, non-verbal reasoning 32 minutes and verbal reasoning 36 minutes.
The four ISEB tests can either be taken together or at separate times. They can be taken in the candidate's own school, at the senior school for which he or she is entered or at an independent testing centre.
The creative writing paper is written by the school and lasts 30 minutes.
A non-refundable registration fee of £150 is payable to the school.
The entrance exams take place in the October of year 6.

For information on Mayfield School’s use of the ISEB Common Pre-Test for Year 9 entry, click here.

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