Westminster School — 13+ English Entrance Exam 2024
Westminster School set this 13+ English paper in 2024. Hearthprep hosts it as an interactive past paper — 14 questions worth 99 marks in 99 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+ English paper from Westminster School (2024). 14 questions, 99 marks. Answer interactively with worked solutions. Covers Creative Writing, Punctuation & Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary.
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
- Westminster School
- Entry level
- 13+
- Subject
- English
- Year
- 2024
- Questions
- 14
- Marks
- 99
- Time
- 99 minutes
- Exam board
- ISEB
Topics in this paper
- Creative Writing
- Punctuation & Grammar
- Reading Comprehension
- Vocabulary
Questions in this paper (3 of 14)
- Question 1written answer · 15 marks
SECTION A (10 minutes, 15 marks). (a) Write out the short paragraph below, adding punctuation so that it is grammatically accurate and makes sense. The first capital letter and last full stop have been done for you. [10] "Men can do nothing without the make-believe of a beginning even science the strict measurer is obliged to start with a make-believe unit his less accurate grandmother poetry h…
- Question 2written answer · 2 marks
SECTION B (40 minutes, 30 marks). Read the following poem carefully and then answer the questions which follow in full sentences. 'Relativity' by Sarah Howe (2015) When we wake up brushed by panic in the dark our pupils grope for the shape of things we know. Photons(1) loosed from slits like greyhounds at the track reveal light's doubleness in their cast shadows that stripe a dimmed lab's wall …
- Question 3written answer · 2 marks
Refer to the poem 'Relativity' by Sarah Howe above (a sonnet about physics - photons, doppler shifts, time dilation and black holes - that opens and closes with waking in the dark). Warm-up question 3: Explain the meaning of the phrase 'time dilates like a perfect/afternoon'. [2]
11 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 School — 13+ English Entrance Exam 2024?
14 questions worth 99 marks in total, written for 99 minutes. It covers Creative Writing, Punctuation & Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary. Westminster School set it as a 13+ English paper.
How long is the Westminster School 13+ English paper?
This paper is timed at 99 minutes for 99 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 11 and the marking come with a paid plan.
Where does this Westminster 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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