Free 11 Plus Papers with Answers to Download

Start with the schools and entry year you are considering. Then choose a paper whose subjects, question types and answer format fit that route. A free download can help with practice, but it is not necessarily a current test specification or a way to predict an admission score.

This page links to official sources. Some downloads are ZIP archives containing PDFs; others are direct PDFs. Check what is included before printing, especially the difference between an answer sheet for recording choices and an answer key or mark scheme for checking them.

Official free download sources

GL Assessment familiarisation packs

GL's free materials page links six ZIP downloads: verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, English, maths, combined non-verbal reasoning and maths, and verbal skills. The archives contain printable PDF materials and answers. These are familiarisation resources, not previously sat local examination papers.

GL says local timings and question counts may differ. Its page also distinguishes the free familiarisation materials from its paid practice booklets. Use the free examples to explore layout and question types, then check your target test's own instructions. GL restricts copying and redistribution by tutors and organisations; follow its terms rather than republishing its files.

CSSE published past papers

CSSE's practice-material page lists English and maths papers for 2021, 2022 and 2023 entry, with English mark schemes, separate Continuous Writing papers and maths mark schemes. They are publicly downloadable PDFs. The entry year is not the year the paper was added to the website.

These are genuine older papers. They do not establish every feature of a later test. In particular, CSSE says Applied Reasoning was removed from English from the September 2024 sitting for 2025 entry. A question in a 2023-entry paper may therefore be useful practice without belonging to the current specification. Check the current CSSE examination guidance. CSSE states its papers are protected by copyright.

Buckinghamshire familiarisation booklet

Buckinghamshire's testing-process page links its familiarisation booklet. It explains question styles and recording answers, with examples. It is not a full marked mock paper. Read it alongside the council's current practice-test and live-test arrangements; those are separate from downloading the booklet.

There are other resources from schools and commercial publishers. Some require registration or charge for additional answers. Check the actual file, current access conditions and publisher's description rather than assuming a search-result title means everything is included. Our past-papers guide explains how to distinguish past papers, samples and original practice.

Check these points before using a paper

1. School and entry year: which test is named in the current admission arrangements?
2. Subjects and format: multiple choice, written answers, continuous writing or another task?
3. Age and purpose: introductory familiarisation, topic practice or a full paper?
4. Timing: what do this paper's instructions say, and do they match the current local test?
5. Marking material: are the answer key, working and writing criteria included?
6. Access: do the questions and answers both open, and are there printing or reuse conditions?

For example, CSSE currently describes English as 60 minutes plus 10 minutes' reading time and maths as 60 minutes. That does not make those timings right for a GL pack, another school or every future CSSE cycle. The official CSSE page is the source for its current instructions.

A child learning a new method can work without a timer or with help. If you want a timed rehearsal, follow the appropriate instructions and record any help, interruptions or unfinished questions. Do not compare supported practice directly with an independently completed paper as though the conditions were identical.

Mark with the actual scheme

For a paper with a scheme, use its rules for acceptable answers, method marks and partial credit. Short maths answers do not always tell the whole story: some schemes award marks for working. A comprehension answer may have more than one acceptable wording. The scheme, not a fixed number of sentences per mark, determines the credit.

If no scheme is supplied, separate discussion from scoring. You can ask whether a response answers the question and which words support an inference, but you cannot reliably recreate the publisher's official total. For writing, discuss the task, organisation, language and technical accuracy without inventing an exam grade.

Keep a simple note of what caused a difficulty: an unfamiliar word, a method not yet understood, an instruction missed, answer recording or something unfinished. More than one cause may apply. Running out of time does not by itself prove that knowledge is secure or that the problem is only pace.

A practice percentage is not a standardised result

A mark such as 34 out of 50 is 68% on that paper, under those conditions. It does not reveal a national percentile or local qualifying score. Difficulty, mark schemes, age adjustment and the tested cohort can differ.

Where an authority publishes a calculation method, it applies to the stated test and cohort. Do not reuse it on an unrelated practice paper. Our score calculator by area distinguishes published calculations from checks against reported scores; it cannot convert every practice result into admission eligibility.

Choose the next step from the work

There is no universal number of papers or weekly schedule that guarantees readiness. After reviewing a paper, choose a manageable next step: revisit a method, clarify vocabulary, practise recording an answer or ask the teacher about a persistent difficulty. Decide whether another full paper would add useful information.

You can return to a question to practise a method, but remembering an earlier answer affects what a repeated score means. Keep that distinction clear when comparing work. Use our subject practice guide for original examples, and return to the official admissions source for the actual test rules.