Mill Hill School

The Deadline for registration is by 13 November 2020. The ISEB Pre-test can be taken on Tuesday 24 November 2020 at Mill Hill School.

In addition to the ISEB test, candidates who performed well in the examination will be required to submit a reference from their current school. They will also be invited to an interview on January 2021.

About the ISEB Common Pre-test

The tests take about two-and-a-half hours to complete (English 25 minutes, mathematics 50 minutes, non-verbal reasoning 32 minutes, verbal reasoning 36 minutes) and can be taken together or at separate times, either in the candidate’s own school or at the senior school for which he or she is entered

ISEB Pre-Test Format:  

The test is taken on a computer and consists of multiple-choice questions. It is broken down into four parts: 

1. English – 25 minutes(reading comprehension, sentence completion, spelling and punctuation) 
2. Mathematics – 50 minutes(in line with Year 5 of the UK National Curriculum) 
3. Non-Verbal Reasoning – 32 minutes(shape analogies, classes like, horizontal codes) 
4. Verbal Reasoning – 36 minutes(common words, antonyms, word combinations, letter transfer and number codes)