Year 5 & 6

11+ Mock Exams

The closest experience to the real exam. Realistic papers, invigilated conditions, and a detailed performance report — for Reading School, Kendrick, Slough and more.

Expert-written papers Held in person at our Reading venue Detailed feedback report included

Simple process

How our mock exams work

Our papers are created by expert teachers who have spent hundreds of hours analysing the real exams — the difficulty, the format, the feel.

1

Book and sit the exam

Choose your exam type — Reading School, Kendrick, Slough and more. Your child sits a full-length realistic mock in a quiet, invigilated setting at our Reading venue. Our team is on hand to help them settle in.

2

Take home the paper

After the exam, you receive the full paper your child completed. Review it together in your own time, revisit tricky questions, and use it as a revision resource.

3

Receive a detailed report

Within a few days, you receive a precise breakdown of your child's performance by topic area and subject, benchmarked against peers who sat the same exam.

Know the format

Which exam does your child need?

Different schools use different formats. Make sure you're preparing for the right one.

FSCE 11+ Exam

For Reading School applicants

New 2025

FSCE is based on the national curriculum (up to Year 5) — no separate reasoning papers. It tests how well children apply what they've learned in school. Split across four papers:

  • Adventure PaperMultiple Choice

    Tests English, maths and other curriculum subjects. Assesses comprehension, vocabulary, problem-solving, and factual knowledge.

  • Beacon PaperShort Answers

    Requires written responses to subject-based questions. Assesses accuracy, reasoning, spelling and mental calculation.

  • Compass PaperMultiple Choice

    Similar to Adventure, with a mix of subjects and question types. Focuses on curriculum knowledge under time pressure.

  • Discovery PaperCreative Response

    A written task testing imagination and expression. Assesses creativity, coherence, language, and original thinking.

Read our full FSCE guide →

GL 11+ Exam

For Kendrick, Slough & other grammar schools

Multiple choice

GL exams test core academic skills across four subjects. Two of them — Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning — are not taught in school, making specialist preparation essential.

  • EnglishComprehension & Vocabulary

    Tests reading comprehension, grammar and punctuation. Assesses inference, spelling, synonyms, sentence structure.

  • MathematicsNumerical Reasoning

    Covers KS2 maths topics (up to Year 6). Assesses calculation, word problems, logic, and number sense.

  • Verbal ReasoningNot taught in school

    Tests word patterns and logic. Assesses code-cracking, sequences, analogies, letter/word relationships.

  • Non-Verbal ReasoningNot taught in school

    Tests spatial and pattern recognition. Assesses shape sequences, rotations, and visual logic.

Read our full GL guide →

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