Withington Girls' School — 11+ English Entrance Exam 2023
Withington Girls' School set this 11+ English paper in 2023. Hearthprep hosts it as an interactive past paper — 22 questions worth 50 marks in 50 minutes, each marked the moment the paper is submitted and backed by a step-by-step worked solution. Most 11+ entrance exams are sat between November and January of the year of entry.
Real 11+ English paper from Withington Girls' School (2023). 22 questions, 50 marks. Answer interactively with worked solutions. Covers Creative Writing, Literary Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary.
This is the school's own past paper, reproduced here with worked solutions by Hearthprep. Most 11+ entrance exams are sat between November and January of the year of entry, so a timed attempt at this paper is worth doing early enough to leave room for the topics it exposes. Work through it on screen with instant marking, or print the PDF and sit it under exam conditions.
- School
- Withington Girls' School
- Entry level
- 11+
- Subject
- English
- Year
- 2023
- Questions
- 22
- Marks
- 50
- Time
- 50 minutes
- Exam board
- ISEB
Topics in this paper
- Creative Writing
- Literary Analysis
- Reading Comprehension
- Vocabulary
Questions in this paper (3 of 22)
- Question 1multiple choice · 1 mark
WITHINGTON GIRLS' SCHOOL - Entrance Examination 2023, ENGLISH (60 minutes). COMPREHENSION (spend about 40 minutes on this section) The passage is an extract from Susan Hill's ghost story 'The Woman in Black'. The narrator, Arthur Kipps, is staying alone in a deserted house called Eel Marsh House in the middle of a marsh, with his dog Spider. The extract is still in copyright, so it is summarise…
- Question 2multiple choice · 1 mark
[Extract summary - Susan Hill, 'The Woman in Black': alone at night in Eel Marsh House, the narrator's dog Spider growls at a locked upstairs door where a faint rhythmic bumping can be heard. He goes out for an axe to force the door, hears a pony and trap on the causeway, and realises with horror that no real visitor is there.] 2. What mood is the narrator in at the very start of the passage? (…
- Question 3multiple choice · 1 mark
[Extract summary - Susan Hill, 'The Woman in Black': alone at night in Eel Marsh House, the narrator's dog Spider growls at a locked upstairs door where a faint rhythmic bumping can be heard. He goes out for an axe to force the door, hears a pony and trap on the causeway, and realises with horror that no real visitor is there.] 3. How does the narrator's mood change between lines 1 and 18? (1 m…
19 further questions in this paper open with any paid plan, along with marking and the worked solutions. See plans.
Frequently asked questions
What is in the Withington Girls' School — 11+ English Entrance Exam 2023?
22 questions worth 50 marks in total, written for 50 minutes. It covers Creative Writing, Literary Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary. Withington Girls' School set it as a 11+ English paper.
How long is the Withington Girls' School 11+ English paper?
This paper is timed at 50 minutes for 50 marks — roughly 60 seconds a mark. Hearthprep runs the same clock on screen, so your child sees how far through the time they are as they answer.
Can my child answer this paper online?
Yes. Every question on this page can be answered in the browser and is marked the moment the paper is submitted — multiple choice, short answers and written responses alike. Answers are matched leniently, so a correct value written a different way (units, fractions, word numbers) still scores.
Are worked solutions included?
Every question has a step-by-step worked solution and an AI tutor that will talk through it after the paper is submitted. The first 3 questions of this paper are free to try; the remaining 19 and the marking come with a paid plan.
Where does this Withington Girls' School paper come from?
This is the school's own past paper, reproduced here with worked solutions by Hearthprep. Use it to time a full mock attempt, then drill whichever topics your child drops marks on.
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