11+ Reading School (FSCE Style) Practice Test 2

This expertly designed, full-length practice test helps students prepare for the newly introduced Adventure, Beacon, Compass and Discovery Papers in the Year 7 (11+) Entrance Exam for Reading School. The practice test is designed to match the styles and challenge of this year’s exam as closely as possible, offering invaluable timed practice across all four components.

Please note: This practice test has been produced based on the best available expert guidance about the structure and content of this year’s 11+ Entrance Exam for Reading School. As the school and FSCE do not publish detailed specifications, the tests are carefully designed estimates of what students are likely to encounter.

We are committed to updating these materials regularly as further information becomes available, to ensure they remain as accurate and helpful as possible.

The 11+ Entrance Exam for Reading School is set by FSCE (Future Stories Community Enterprise Ltd). The test may include questions on any of the following KS2 subjects: Art & Design, Computing, Design & Technology, Geography, History, Languages, Music, Physical Education and Science, in addition to Maths and English.

The exam comprises four papers, designed to assess a range of academic and cognitive abilities:

• Adventure Paper – Multiple Choice
• Beacon Paper – Short Written Answer
• Compass Paper – Multiple Choice
• Discovery Paper – Creative Written Response
  
  

11+ Reading School (FSCE Style) Practice Tests 1 and 2 have been developed specifically for the new-style Reading School Entrance Exam, providing students with invaluable practice for this unique test format.

• Specifically designed for the new-style Reading School Entrance Exam
  Questions in the test span the full range of subjects and question formats likely to appear in the exam, with a focus on reasoning, logic, critical thinking and creativity.
• Answer sheets, answers and explanations
  The answers section includes an explanation for each question to provide immediate feedback and help students develop a deep understanding. Each paper is accompanied by a separate answer sheet, so that students can familiarise themselves with marking the answers to multiple choice, short written answer and creative written response questions in the correct manner.
• Expert advice for the Discovery Paper
  Includes targeted advice on how to achieve high marks in the Discovery Paper, helping students build confidence in this creative and open-ended section of the exam.
• Builds confidence and improves test performance
  Provides invaluable practice under timed conditions, helping students develop essential exam techniques, build familiarity with the wide range of question types likely to appear in the exam, improve time management and gain the self-assurance to tackle any question type under pressure.
  
  

In addition, our 11+ Multiple Choice and Short Written Answer Packs 1 & 2, for the Adventure, Beacon and Compass Papers, comprise FSCE-style multiple-choice and short-answer questions for all the subjects that could be tested, with a strong emphasis on critical thinking and problem solving, to help students develop the skills and confidence needed to excel in this unique exam.

Our 11+ Creativity Questions Pack 1, for the Discovery Paper, contains a variety of different creativity tasks, which require a long written response and provide opportunities for creative thinking and problem solving, providing students with realistic and targeted preparation for this unique test paper.