Sample test materials are available for schools to download from these pages and are only intended to give teachers an idea of what the tests offer. They contain sample materials for the year 7 optional test in English, a sample of test questions for year 7 and 8 optional tests in mathematics and a set of mark schemes for both subjects. These materials have only been published on the QCA website and are not available through QCA Orderline or the years 7 and 8 team.

• English sample materials
  Sample materials for year 7 (levels 4 - 6) are available. They include:
• reading texts with questions and mark schemes;
• writing tasks and mark schemes.
  Sample materials for the year 8 optional test in English are not available.
• Mathematics sample materials
  These pages include:
  • Sample materials for year 7, including written paper questions and mark schemes, mental arithmetic questions with answer sheet and mark schemes (levels 4 - 6);
  • Sample materials for year 8, including written paper questions and mark schemes, mental arithmetic questions with answer sheet and mark schemes (levels 4 - 6).