Answers to your frequently asked questions about our online mocks.
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The cart page re-directs straight to the exam page after purchase. You have 50 minutes from when you click the Start Button. If you would like to do the mock at a later date, close the window, and use the link in the Purchased Mocks after logging into the site.
Once you click the Begin button the mock will begin. The timer will start for exactly 50 mins and time out after the time has elapsed. You cannot pause a mock. It is important that your child is fully prepared & you have taken all steps in the checklist before you click Begin.
The results page will come up automatically after 50 minute timer has elapsed, even if there are questions left unanswered. (Just like a real exam!) You will then have access to the questions and solutions for 72 hours.
As soon as you complete the mock, or the timer runs out, answers to the questions answered are shown on the screen. You will be given solutions to all questions – even those answered correctly.
You have 72 hours to access answers to the taken mock. After the 72 hours has expired you will not be able to access the paper answers again.
Scores are emailed to the email address you have provided, upon completing a mock. Answers are only available for 72 hours after the mock has been completed.
No, access to the answers is for a period of 72 hours after the mock has been completed.
The mocks are for children preparing for 11-plus entrance exams for both grammar/selective schools and independent schools. Your child should be in year 5 or year 6 of primary school in the UK or in the equivalent year(s) in overseas schools. The papers are designed to aid and support preparation for all exam boards including GL, CEM, ISEB and schools’ own 11-plus papers.
The mocks are for children preparing for 11-plus entrance exams for both grammar/selective schools and independent schools. Your child should be in year 5 or year 6 of primary school in the UK or in the equivalent year(s) in overseas schools. The papers are designed to aid and support preparation for all exam boards including GL, CEM, ISEB and schools’ own 11-plus papers.
The score is your child’s final mark. This is also converted into a percentage score for you. You will also have received your child’s ranking out of the children that have sat the same exam paper within the last 12 months.
These papers have been specifically designed for children sitting their 11-plus exams. However, if your child is not working towards an exam there is a benefit to taking these papers are they are a teaching tool too. They will help your child improve their maths and English skills as fully worked solutions are given to each question.
Yes, these papers would be of benefit to a child working towards their 12-plus and 13-plus. They will help build on the skills necessary to take those exams in the future. Your child can then progress to more challenging papers when they are ready to do so.
We are aware of the variety of questions your child may face in an 11-plus exam. With that in mind, our papers are varied and no two mock papers are the same. We do repeat topics, with different questions, in some of the papers so that the child can build on their skills.
Your child’s score will be given for the questions that they did answer. You should aim for your child to do more practice tests to time at home, so that the next time they take a mock their speed will increase
You have 72 hours to access your child’s paper and solutions.
Reasonable adjustments are considered for SEND and children with disabilities. An Educational Psychologists report a would have to be provided in most cases for Succeed to fully consider what adjustments to make.
No, our scores are not standardised, however you are given the average score and highest score of the children that have take the same test in the last 12 months.
We recommend your child work through each of our papers. Each paper looks at a variety of skills and gives your child worked solutions to topics that could arise in their actual entrance exam. No two papers are the same. To benefit fully from our mocks, we recommend you take them at spaced intervals throughout the year
We are continually writing new papers, so please keep a close eye on the website for these.
No, our exam platform is designed for your child to sit independently. They need to tick check-boxes to mark their answer on the screen. Each test is simple to navigate and no assistance should be necessary.
Yes, worked solutions are given for all questions. The answers are explained so that your child can build on and consolidate their knowledge for each chosen subject. We give worked solutions to correctly answered questions too. This way your child can check their working and their understanding of the question and how to arrive at the answer the best way.
On your first attempt of a paper, the paper will time out after 50 minutes. You then have 72 hours to access your child’s answers and solutions however, after that you cannot access the paper. You will have to purchase the paper again. We recommend working through our subsequent papers and then returning to your attempted papers to see how your child is progressing. You can compare their score to their first attempt.
The maths questions are designed to be as close as possible to the type of questions your child will face in an 11-plus entrance test, whether it be for a grammar/selective school or an independent school.
The English questions are designed to be as close as possible to the type of questions your child will face in an 11-plus entrance test, whether it be for a grammar/selective school or an independent school.
The Verbal Reasoning questions are designed to be as close as possible to the type of questions your child will face in an 11-plus entrance test, whether it be for a grammar/selective school or an independent school.
Maths: 50 questions
Verbal Reasoning: 80 questions
English: 65 questions.
The mocks are written by experts in the 11-plus field. Each member of our team has over a decade of experience in tutoring children preparing for the 11-plus, writing VR, English and Maths mock exams and marking mock exams. We have run specialised 11-plus maths, English and VR courses. We are up-to-date in our knowledge and adjust our papers year by year to reflect the current trends and standards.
Answers to your frequently asked questions about our physical mocks.
Succeed has an in-depth knowledge of local schools’ admissions procedures and the 11-plus entrance examinations that your child needs to sit.
Succeed’s courses in Maths and English help prepare your child for their 11-plus exams. We cover typical material that arises in the exams and teach children how to increase their scores.
Succeed’s mock exam papers are not generic. Each of our papers are expertly prepared to replicate the standard and format required by each individual school’s examining board and to reflect the difficulty of the actual exam papers your child will sit.
Succeed’s papers are written in-house by specialist tutors, writers and academics with years of experience of the local selective, grammar and independent schools’ entrance examinations.
Succeed provide a detailed Feedback Report within 5-7 days of your child’s mock exam date
THE MOCKS
THE COURSE
Succeed’s mocks are set at sensible intervals throughout the academic year so that you can monitor your child’s progress over a set period of time before the all important real date.
Early mocks are recommended so that your child has ample time to work on areas which need strengthening and recognise which revision methods have worked for them.
Booking two or more mocks will allow you to gauge your child’s improvement.
Your results will be sent to you by email within 4-5 days of sitting the papers.
Please check that you have given us the correct email address.
Succeed do not provide copies of the exam papers. We do provide detailed solutions to any questions that your child has answered incorrectly or skipped altogether.
We also provide feedback on your child’s creative writing piece (where applicable). This will be emailed to you with the Feedback Report.
Exam papers are destroyed within 14 days of each sitting. If you would like to request a remark please ensure that you do so within 14 days of the exam date. This will incur a charge of £15.00.
MOCKS
Cancellations are possible up to 7 days before your mock exam date. Please note that a cancellation fee of £15 for each mock exam session cancelled will be deducted from the refund.
COURSES
Cancellations are possible up to 7 days before your course date. Please note that a cancellation fee of £10 for each course date cancelled will be deducted from the refund.
You can request to change to an alternative session up to 5 days prior to your mock exam or course date, subject to availability. An administration charge of £10.00 for each amended date will be payable. If there are no spaces available on alternative sessions then we regret that we can only accept a cancellation if it is at least 7 days before your mock exam or course date. If there are no alternative sessions available then a cancellation charge will apply. Please see our cancellation policy.
You may not transfer or resell your booking.
Student names can be changed once a booking has been made, however an administration fee of £10.00 is applicable.
As Succeed’s exams intend to replicate real exam conditions as closely as possible we do not permit parents beyond the registration point.
COURSE
You may settle your child into the classroom before a course session.
All our staff are DBS checked. There will be at least one member of staff who is first-aid trained present.
Answers to your frequently asked questions about payments and accounts.
All our payments are securely processed by Stripe, and if you choose to save your payment info, it is securely stored and encrypted by Stripe payments not by ourselves. We use encrypted secure tokens to initiate payments and pull up stored credit card details.
We do not offer refunds.
Yes. You can buy a bundle to include a VR paper, English paper and Maths paper to receive discount on the papers.
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