Instead of the Reasoning and English written papers, Wimbledon High School will require students to write the ISEB Common Pretest to determine placement in the school. Pupils applying to Year 7 must complete the ISEB exam within September to January, written at their current school. If students are unable to write at their school, WHS will allow them to write on January 9th or January 11th at the WHS facilities.

The ISEB Pretest

This examination covers skills in English, maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning. It typically lasts a total of 2.5 hours, and distributes across the following subjects.

• English (25 min): comprehension, sentence completion, spelling and punctuation

• Maths (50 min): mathematical ability across the curriculum – arithmetic and problem-solving

• Verbal Reasoning (~36 min): problem-solving using words

• Non-Verbal Reasoning (~32 min): thinking with shapes, space, diagrams and pictures

For more information on the ISEB, click here.

Practice Tests

The provided practice tests are from Pretest Plus and are available online after purchase. Tests are marked automatically afterwards and allow students to thoroughly review. Comparative ranking statistics are provided as well to quickly and efficiently identify areas of weakness and strength.

• ISEB Pretest Practice Test 1

• ISEB Pretest Practice Test 2

• ISEB Pretest Practice Test 3

• ISEB Pretest Practice Test 4

• ISEB Pretest Practice Test 5

Video Courses

From the same company that provided the ISEB Pretest Practice exams, they also offer online video courses to outline everything your child should know for each section of the ISEB assessment. Video lessons will go through all possible questions types and techniques to help your child recognize underlying patterns in questions to look out for.

• ISEB Pretest Maths Course

• ISEB Pretest English Course

• ISEB Pretest Verbal Reasoning Course

• ISEB Pretest Non-Verbal Reasoning Course

Skills Practice

Pretest Plus also provides Skill Practice tests for the ISEB that focus on specific question formats highly likely to appear in the ISEB Pretest. These tests are great for improving skills and increasing scores fast.

• ISEB Pretest English – Comprehension

• ISEB Pretest English – Spelling & Punctuation

• ISEB Pretest English – Sentence Completion

• ISEB Pretest – Non-Verbal Reasoning