Winchester College — 13+ Biology Entrance Exam 2023
Winchester College set this 13+ Biology paper in 2023. Hearthprep hosts it as an interactive past paper — 3 questions worth 30 marks in 30 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 Winchester College (2023). 3 questions, 30 marks. Answer interactively with worked solutions. Covers Cells & Organisation, Plants & Photosynthesis, Reproduction.
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
- Winchester College
- Entry level
- 13+
- Subject
- Biology
- Year
- 2023
- Questions
- 3
- Marks
- 30
- Time
- 30 minutes
- Exam board
- ISEB
Topics in this paper
- Cells & Organisation
- Plants & Photosynthesis
- Reproduction
Questions in this paper
- Question 1written answer · 12 marks
A student investigated the effect of light intensity on a photosynthesising plant (pondweed). They used the apparatus shown below. [Diagram: a photograph of a glass beaker of water containing a sprig of green pondweed, standing on a gauze mat on a tripod. A white lamp on a stand faces the beaker from the side. A double-headed arrow underneath, labelled "distance", marks the gap between the lamp…
- Question 2written answer · 10 marks
Frankie looked at three cells under a microscope. All the cells are different sizes: one bacterial cell, one liver cell, and one plant cell from the mesophyll of a leaf. [Diagram: three hand-drawn cells side by side. The bacterial cell is a rounded rectangle containing a long looped thread of DNA and a few small circles, with no nucleus; a scale arrow beneath it reads 1 micrometre. The liver ce…
- Question 3written answer · 8 marks
The diagram below shows the typical structure of a flower. [Diagram: a line drawing of a flower cut in half lengthways, seen from the side. It has a green stalk, a ring of small sepals, and four or five large broad petals opening outwards. Inside are several stamens, each a slender filament with an oval anther on the end, and in the centre a carpel made up of a stigma on a style above a rounded…
Frequently asked questions
What is in the Winchester College — 13+ Biology Entrance Exam 2023?
3 questions worth 30 marks in total, written for 30 minutes. It covers Cells & Organisation, Plants & Photosynthesis, Reproduction. Winchester College set it as a 13+ Biology paper.
How long is the Winchester College 13+ Biology paper?
This paper is timed at 30 minutes for 30 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 0 and the marking come with a paid plan.
Where does this Winchester College 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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