For Parents

FSCE aims to make testing more accessible for all children regardless of their background,

their primary school or any disability;

We collaborate with leading education experts to create, trial and develop tests that are

child-friendly and engaging;

Our tests focus on the application of knowledge and skills that your child already has, rather than recall of information drilled through rote learning;
See below for more information about our test and how you can help your child prepare.

Engaging, innovative and thought-provoking content;

A mix of both text and image-inspired questions;
Content that encourages original critical thinking and problem-solving skills, that assesses natural ability and curiosity;
Content from the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum taught in primary schools up to

the end of Year 5 (link here).

We promise you, your child does not.

Surveys have shown that the word most commonly used by children who receive tutoring is ‘stressful’ - we desperately want to avoid this;
No teacher, tutor or parent can know what will be on the test. FSCE does not issue past papers and our test content changes every year;
This is to ensure that tutoring - which can be expensive and often misleading - is not required to sit the FSCE Test.
All the information you and your child will need can be found on this website and in our Familiarisation Guides.

FSCE and the schools we work with are against any preparation that disrupts a child's usual schooling or creates unnecessary anxiety;

This website and our Familiarisation Guides provide all the information required regarding test style, format and content plus sample questions for your child to practice.

LINK HERE

You can find a free, downloadable copy of both our Familiarisation Guide for Children

and Familiarisation Guide for Parents on

the Admissions pages of the school website you are applying to;

Please note - we work with many different schools, each with different test specifications, so we do recommend you visit each school's website and read through the Admission Guidelines and Policies carefully.