Oundle School — 13+ Biology Entrance Exam 2025
Oundle School set this 13+ Biology paper in 2025. Hearthprep hosts it as an interactive past paper — 13 questions worth 29 marks in 29 minutes, each marked the moment the paper is submitted and backed by a step-by-step worked solution. Most 13+ entrance exams are sat between November and January of the year of entry.
Real 13+ Biology paper from Oundle School (2025). 13 questions, 29 marks. Answer interactively with worked solutions. Covers Adaptation and inheritance, Cells & Organisation, Ecology & Ecosystems, Ecosystems and classification, Health & Disease, Human Physiology, Plants & Photosynthesis, Reproduction, The human body, Variation and inheritance, Variation, Evolution & Classification.
This is the school's own past paper, reproduced here with worked solutions by Hearthprep. Most 13+ 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
- Oundle School
- Entry level
- 13+
- Subject
- Biology
- Year
- 2025
- Questions
- 13
- Marks
- 29
- Time
- 29 minutes
- Exam board
- ISEB
Topics in this paper
- Adaptation and inheritance
- Cells & Organisation
- Ecology & Ecosystems
- Ecosystems and classification
- Health & Disease
- Human Physiology
- Plants & Photosynthesis
- Reproduction
- The human body
- Variation and inheritance
- Variation, Evolution & Classification
Questions in this paper (3 of 13)
- Question 1multiple choice · 1 mark
What is the function of the nucleus in a cell?
- Question 2multiple choice · 1 mark
Which of the following nutrients is mainly used by the body for growth and repair?
- Question 3multiple choice · 1 mark
What is the main product of photosynthesis?
10 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 Oundle School — 13+ Biology Entrance Exam 2025?
13 questions worth 29 marks in total, written for 29 minutes. It covers Adaptation and inheritance, Cells & Organisation, Ecology & Ecosystems, Ecosystems and classification, Health & Disease, Human Physiology, Plants & Photosynthesis, Reproduction, The human body, Variation and inheritance, Variation, Evolution & Classification. Oundle School set it as a 13+ Biology paper.
How long is the Oundle School 13+ Biology paper?
This paper is timed at 29 minutes for 29 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 10 and the marking come with a paid plan.
Where does this Oundle 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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