Westminster Cathedral Choir School — 8+ English Specimen Paper 2025
Westminster Cathedral Choir School set this 8+ English paper in 2025. Hearthprep hosts it as an interactive past paper — 9 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 8+ entrance exams are sat between November and January of the year of entry.
Real 8+ English paper from Westminster Cathedral Choir School (2025). 9 questions, 50 marks. Answer interactively with worked solutions. Covers Creative Writing, Reading Comprehension.
This is the school's own past paper, reproduced here with worked solutions by Hearthprep. Most 8+ 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
- Westminster Cathedral Choir School
- Entry level
- 8+
- Subject
- English
- Year
- 2025
- Questions
- 9
- Marks
- 50
- Time
- 50 minutes
- Exam board
- ISEB
Topics in this paper
- Creative Writing
- Reading Comprehension
Questions in this paper (3 of 9)
- Question 1written answer · 1 mark
SECTION A - COMPREHENSION (50 minutes) [Reading passage - 'The Magician's Nephew' by C.S. Lewis] Note: this extract is still in copyright, so it is not reprinted here. The full text is in the official school paper, which is linked on this page. Below is a detailed summary of the extract, line by line, keeping the short phrases the questions ask you about. Read it carefully and answer the questi…
- Question 2written answer · 4 marks
[Reading passage - 'The Magician's Nephew' by C.S. Lewis: Digory and Polly, two children who are next-door neighbours in London, are carried by magic into a strange new world. They arrive in an old stone courtyard where the light is a dull, cheerless red and the sky is almost black. High walls rise all round them, with glassless windows showing only blackness and great arches yawning like the m…
- Question 3written answer · 4 marks
[Reading passage - 'The Magician's Nephew' by C.S. Lewis: Digory and Polly, two children who are next-door neighbours in London, are carried by magic into a strange new world. They arrive in an old stone courtyard where the light is a dull, cheerless red and the sky is almost black. High walls rise all round them, with glassless windows showing only blackness and great arches yawning like the m…
6 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 Westminster Cathedral Choir School — 8+ English Specimen Paper 2025?
9 questions worth 50 marks in total, written for 50 minutes. It covers Creative Writing, Reading Comprehension. Westminster Cathedral Choir School set it as a 8+ English paper.
How long is the Westminster Cathedral Choir School 8+ 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 6 and the marking come with a paid plan.
Where does this Westminster Cathedral Choir 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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