Quest-style 11 plus maths practice

Quest Assessments writes entrance tests that a number of grammar and independent schools now use for entry at eleven. Its guidance for parents says the test covers what children have learned up to the end of Year 5, so there are no Year 6 topics to learn early.

There is no single Quest paper. The school decides the subjects, the timings and the number of questions, and a paper may include English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning in any mix. Your school’s admissions page is the only place that says which your child will sit.

Quest’s guidance says it is part of the education company Atom Learning. For the wider picture, read the 11+ exam guide, which explains the subjects and how schools choose their tests.

These are the areas whose own pages, or Quest’s page for them, name Quest as the test. They were read on 14 October 2026. Schools change provider and format, so check yours before relying on any of it. None of these schools has any connection with Kudos.

BexleyBeths, Bexley Grammar, Chislehurst and Sidcup, Townley

A paper test of two papers, about 50 minutes each. The second is numerical and non-verbal reasoning. Usually five options, A to E.Bexley Selection Test, on Quest’s site(opens in a new tab)

Weald of KentWeald of Kent Grammar School’s own assessment. The Kent Test is separate.

Two 60-minute papers on paper. The second is maths and non-verbal reasoning. Usually five options.Weald 11+ Assessment, on Quest’s site(opens in a new tab)

WirralCalday Grange, West Kirby, Wirral Grammar for Boys, Wirral Grammar for Girls

Quest from September 2026. Maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning, with nothing beyond Year 5.The schools’ letter, on West Kirby Grammar’s site(opens in a new tab)

PlymouthPlymouth High School for Girls, Devonport High School for Girls, Devonport High School for Boys

Plymouth High School for Girls lists a Quest English paper and a Quest maths paper for September 2026, sat for any Plymouth grammar school.Plymouth High School for Girls(opens in a new tab)

London 11+ ConsortiumIndependent girls’ schools in London

Quest publishes guidance for families sitting it. A member school describes adaptive maths on Year 5 content.London 11+ Consortium, on Quest’s site(opens in a new tab)

Quest also publishes guidance for children sitting an independent school’s own Quest test. For registration and test days by area, see 11 plus exam dates.

From Quest’s published guidance for parents and children, and its maths familiarisation booklet:

• Five options, A to E. In the familiarisation booklet they run from smallest to largest.
• Sometimes more than one answer. Most questions have one, but some ask for two or more, and the question says so. On paper, every right box has to be marked.
• A line, not a tick. Paper tests use an answer sheet marked with one horizontal line through the box, rubbed out to change.
• Typed answers online. Some online questions take a number typed with the keyboard. In an adaptive online test there is no going back to an earlier question.
• No marks lost for a wrong answer. Quest tells children to try every question.
• Arithmetic first. The maths familiarisation paper is twenty questions in twenty minutes: bare calculations, then questions in context.

Quest publishes free familiarisation booklets for each subject, with an answer sheet to practise on. They are the only place to see Quest’s own questions, and worth doing first: Quest’s guidance for parents (opens in a new tab).

Written by Kudos for this page, in the format above. They are not Quest’s questions.

1. 1

   Question 1. 6 × 14 =

   A74B76C84D86E94

   Check

2. 2

   Question 2. Which of these numbers are multiples of 6?

   Choose all the answers that are right.

   A12B20C24D32E42

   Check

3. 3

   Question 3. A bag holds 1.5 kg of rice. How many grams is that?

   Type your answer as a number.

   Your answerg

   Check

• A Quest-style paper. Twenty questions in twenty minutes: ten bare calculations, then ten in context, each half running from easier to harder. A fresh paper each time.
• The same kinds of question. Five options in order, questions that ask for more than one answer and are marked right only when every right one is chosen, and typed numbers that accept 3,600 or 3600 alike.
• Year 5 and below. Written to Year 3 to Year 5 National Curriculum objectives, so nothing on the paper is out of reach of the test.
• Marked as it ends. A breakdown by topic and time the moment the paper finishes, with the mistake a wrong option usually means named beside it. Daily practice, alongside, finds the mistakes that keep coming back and aims questions at them.

The full 50-question mock and the daily practice are there too. 11+ maths practice papers.

• Not Quest’s questions. Kudos writes its Quest-style questions itself, and none is taken from a Quest paper or booklet.
• Maths only. Kudos does not cover English, verbal reasoning or non-verbal reasoning, which many Quest tests include.
• Not adaptive. A Quest-style paper on Kudos is the same twenty questions start to finish, with a way back to earlier ones, like Quest’s paper and non-adaptive tests.
• Not a prediction. A score on Kudos does not say what your child will score on the day, or whether they will be offered a place. Only the school decides that, by its own test and admissions rules.

Is Kudos part of Quest Assessments?

No. Kudos is independent. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Quest Assessments or Atom Learning.

Are these real Quest questions?

No. Kudos writes its Quest-style questions itself, in the format Quest describes, and none is taken from a Quest paper or booklet. Quest publishes its own free familiarisation booklets on its website.

Does my child need Year 6 maths for a Quest test?

Quest’s guidance for parents says the test covers what children have learned up to the end of Year 5. Kudos’s Quest-style questions stay within Year 5.

Will practising on Kudos get my child a place?

No practice can promise that. A school offers places by its own test and admissions rules. Kudos helps your child get used to the format and finds the maths mistakes worth fixing.

How do I know which test my child will sit?

Check the admissions page of the school, or your council’s page for a grammar school area. The school decides the provider, subjects and timings.

Kudos is an independent maths practice service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Quest Assessments, Atom Learning or any school named on this page. Quest is their name, used here only to say which test this practice is modelled on.

The facts about the test are from Quest’s and the schools’ own pages, read on 14 October 2026. If something here has changed or is wrong, email hello@kudoslearn.co.uk and it will be corrected.