SEB (Independent Schools)
What is included in an ISEB Pre-Test Mock Exam?
Number of Tests and Subjects:
- Test 1 (25 mins) – English
- Test 2 (50 mins) – Mathematics
- Test 3 (36 mins) – Verbal Reasoning
- Test 4 (32 mins) – Non-Verbal Reasoning
Format
Multiple choice.
Feedback Reports
Reports are usually issued within 1-3 hours after completion for the online mocks
The comparison data will be available for the total cohort that sit the test and includes:
- Percentage score for each test
- Percentile score for each test
- Ranking for each test
- High, low and average scores of the cohort
- Access to all skipped or incorrect questions and answers
- For skipped or incorrect questions, the percentage of students who also skipped or got the question wrong
For all tests within the mock session combined:
- Combined average percentage score
- Combined average percentile score
- Combined ranking
- Combined high, low and average scores
- Breakdown of all students’ scores
For all tests within the mock session combined:
ISEB Pre-Test
The ISEB Pre-Test includes the following topics:
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English
- Reading Comprehension
- Sentence Completion
- Spelling and Punctuation (SPAG)
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Mathematics
- Reading Comprehension
- Sentence Completion
- Spelling and Punctuation (SPAG)
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Verbal Reasoning
- Common Words
- Antonyms
- Word Combinations
- Letter Transfer
- Number Codes
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Non-Verbal Reasoning
- Shape Analogies
- Classes Like
- Horizontal Codes
Independent Schools that use the ISEB Common Pre-Test
* Please click on a link below to view the list of schools
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Schools: A-C
- Abbot's Hill School
- Alleyn's School
- Ampleforth College
- Ardingly College
- Bedford School
- Benenden School
- Berkhamsted Senior School
- Bloxham School
- Bradfield College
- Brentwood School
- Brighton College
- Bryanston School
- Canford School
- Caterham School
- Channing School
- Charterhouse
- City of London School
- Cranleigh School
- Culford School
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Schools: D-G
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Schools: H-L
- Haberdashers' Monmouth Schools
- Haileybury School
- Hampton School
- Harrodian Senior School
- Harrow School
- Headington School
- Hull Collegiate School
- Hurstpierpoint College
- James Allen's Girls' School
- Kew House School
- King Edward's School Witley
- King's College
- King's College School
- King's School Rochester
- Knightsbridge Senior School
- Lancing College
- Latymer Upper School
- Leeds Grammar School
- Leys School
- Lord Wandsworth College
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Schools: M-R
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Schools: S-Z
- St. Anselm's College
- Seaford College
- South Hampstead High School
- St Albans High School
- St Benedict's School
- St Dunstan's College
- St Edward's School
- St Helen's School
- St Paul's School
- St Swithun's School
- Stowe School
- Streatham & Clapham High School
- Sutton Valence School
- Tonbridge School
- Trinity School
- University College School
- Uppingham School
- Wellington College
- Westminster School
- Wetherby Senior School
- Whitgift School
- Wimbledon High School
- Winchester College
- Woldingham School
- Worth School
About the ISEB
The Independent Schools Examinations Board (ISEB) is the creator of the Common Entrance exams and is used by many independent schools. These are paper format exams for 11 plus and 13 plus.
The ISEB also produces the Common Pre-test, which is an age-standardised exam used to assess a student when they are in Year 6 or Year 7 prior to entry into senior school.
An increasing number of schools are now using the ISEB Common Pre-Test as part of their selection process. This is an online exam lasting approximately 2.5 hours testing in Mathematics, English, Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning which is taken either at the student’s current school or their senior school being applied for.
In the past, the GL papers have been single subject and typically 45 or 50 minutes each. They are now more varied in format and can be mixed papers similar to the CEM. They are also changeable from year to year.
Age Standardisation
Standardisation is a statistical process that is designed to
- To give equal value to the results of each test, regardless of the number of questions in the test and the time allowed take account of two factors:
- Take account of children’s ages when they sit the exam to ensure fairness, and therefore avoid unfair advantage to older children.
The raw scores of each test are age standardised.