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Bexley Selection Test familiarisation guide 2023

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A free mixed subjects familiarisation booklet from Bexley Selection Test, linked here from the publisher's own site and published in 2023.

  • Mixed subjects
  • 2023
  • Multiple choice

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Paper type
Familiarisation booklet
Subjects
Mixed subjects
Exam board or style
Quest
Format
Multiple choice
Year
2023
Answers
Not published
Hosted by
the council (bexley.gov.uk)
Cataloguer's note. Covers VR/comprehension, NVR, maths reasoning. examBoard null: supplier not stated. Published by Bexley Selection Test; linked from Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School's website.

Skills classified in this paper

Response items mapped to the pinned Trace Learn skill graph. Multi-skill questions split their weight between tags.

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The document reached terminal classification, but the response-item analysis still carries one or more review conditions. Its granular tags are visible as uncertain paper-level evidence and are never used as trend evidence or for rising and falling signals.

  • Taxonomy skill boundary review
  • Elevated medium-confidence mapping rate
Easy questions
11
Medium questions
6
Hard questions
1

Paper-level difficulty counts include every classified response item, including creative-writing prompts. Sitting-year difficulty trends compare objective response items only, so those totals use a different, explicitly labelled denominator.

Published skill tags for Bexley Selection Test familiarisation guide 2023
SubjectSkill tagConceptClassificationWithin-subject shareItems carrying tagEasy / medium / hard weighted items
MathsSolve a multi-step problemProblem solvingProvisional analysis50%1 of 20 / 0 / 1
MathsSolve a one-step number problemNumberProvisional analysis50%1 of 21 / 0 / 0
EnglishClassify a word in contextGrammarProvisional analysis25%1 of 41 / 0 / 0
EnglishInfer implicit meaningReading comprehensionProvisional analysis25%1 of 40 / 1 / 0
EnglishRetrieve an explicit detailReading comprehensionProvisional analysis25%1 of 41 / 0 / 0
EnglishSelect a synonymVocabularyProvisional analysis25%1 of 41 / 0 / 0
Verbal reasoningApply a word transformation ruleWord formationProvisional taxonomy25%2 of 81 / 1 / 0
Verbal reasoningFind a hidden wordWord formationProvisional taxonomy25%2 of 82 / 0 / 0
Verbal reasoningGroup words by relationClassificationProvisional taxonomy25%2 of 81 / 1 / 0
Verbal reasoningSelect opposite meaningVocabularyProvisional taxonomy25%2 of 81 / 1 / 0
Non-verbal reasoningCompare visual attributesVisual patternsProvisional taxonomy50%2 of 41 / 1 / 0
Non-verbal reasoningFind an embedded shapeSpatial reasoningProvisional taxonomy50%2 of 41 / 1 / 0

Classification coverage: 100% across 18 classified response items from 18 detected. Ratios describe classified items only, so any uncovered detected items are not silently treated as another skill. This profile is automated and is not represented as independent human review. Confirmed, provisional taxonomy, and provisional analysis labels show which claims can safely contribute to trend evidence.

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