Year 7 entry

NSW Selective

The Selective High School Placement Test decides Year 7 places at NSW's selective high schools. Children sit it in Year 6, on a computer: Reading, Mathematical Reasoning, Thinking Skills and a writing task, with no calculator.

Practise for the selective test

Where it runs

New South Wales only

  • NSW

What’s covered

The four parts of the selective test

Each part counts for a quarter of the result. Our papers follow the times and lengths the NSW Department of Education publishes, and every question is explained afterwards.

The NSW Department of Education publishes each test's length and time. The mix of questions inside each test follows its official practice tests. The real maths test gives five choices on every question; most of ours do, and some give four. The real reading test fills its gaps with drop-down lists and by dragging sentences into place; ours asks about each gap as its own question, for the same mark.

Pricing

Selective test practice, on its own

Reading, Mathematical Reasoning, Thinking Skills and marked writing, at Year 6 level. One payment covers 6 months, with no auto-renewal.

NSW Selective

$129+ GST for 6 months

What’s included

3 exam-style sections · 113 questions · 6 months access

  • Reading — 38 questions, 45 min
  • Mathematical Reasoning — 35 questions, 40 min
  • Thinking Skills — 40 questions, 40 min

The NSW Department of Education publishes each test's length and time. The mix of questions inside each test follows its official practice tests. The real maths test gives five choices on every question; most of ours do, and some give four. The real reading test fills its gaps with drop-down lists and by dragging sentences into place; ours asks about each gap as its own question, for the same mark.

  • Answers, explanations and worked solutions on every selective-style paper they sit
  • All three tests: Reading, Mathematical Reasoning and Thinking Skills
  • Writing in a different form each time, marked with their own sentences quoted
  • Quick Revision and Favourites across papers
  • Detailed progress by question type
  • One payment, 6 months of access, no auto-renewal

That's $141.90 for NSW Selective, 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.

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