NAPLAN
The national assessment of literacy and numeracy, sat in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. It is not an entrance exam and there is nothing to pass — schools use it to see where a cohort sits, and families use it as an early read on the same skills a scholarship test will later assume.
Where it runs
Every state and territory
- VIC
- NSW
- QLD
- WA
- SA
- TAS
- ACT
- NT
What’s covered
Year 3 and Year 5
The real test adapts as your child answers, giving each student a different pathway. These papers do not: everyone sits the same one, at the difficulty of an average pathway. Everything else follows ACARA’s published shape.
Year 3
- 36 questions · 45 min
Numeracy
36 questions in 45 minutes across number, algebra, measurement, space and statistics. Four options, no calculator.
Start the test - 52 questions · 45 min
Conventions of Language
52 questions in 45 minutes — spelling, then grammar and punctuation. Four options on the grammar half; the spelling half is typed.
Start the test
Reading for Year 3 is not ready to sit yet.
Year 5
- 42 questions · 50 min
Numeracy
42 questions in 50 minutes across number, algebra, measurement, space, statistics and probability. Four options, no calculator.
Start the test - 52 questions · 45 min
Conventions of Language
52 questions in 45 minutes — spelling, then grammar and punctuation. Four options on the grammar half; the spelling half is typed. The real test also dictates most spelling words aloud, which this paper does not do yet — every word here is shown, not read out.
Start the test - 39 questions · 50 min
Reading
39 questions in 50 minutes across six or seven texts — stories, a poem, information and persuasive writing.
Start the test - 1 prompt · 42 min · marked
Writing
One prompt, marked against ACARA’s ten published criteria. ACARA sets either a narrative or a persuasive task and does not say which in advance, so both are here.
Write a piece
Pricing
NAPLAN practice, on its own
Numeracy, reading, language conventions and the marked writing task. One payment covers 6 months, with no auto-renewal.
NAPLAN
$99+ GST for 6 months
What’s included
3 NAPLAN-style domains · 6 months access
- Numeracy — Years 3 and 5
- Conventions of Language — Years 3 and 5
- Reading — Year 5
- Answers and explanations on every NAPLAN-style paper they sit
- The Year 5 writing task, marked against the NAPLAN criteria
- Quick Revision and Favourites across papers
- Detailed progress by question type
- One payment, 6 months of access, no auto-renewal
That's $108.90 for NAPLAN, GST included, one payment in Australian dollars for 6 months of access. No auto-renewal; when the 6 months end, access stops unless you buy again.