No past papers exist for either test. Here is exactly what the two schools publish, and the caveat they attach to every link.
Book a Free ConsultationNeither Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet nor The Henrietta Barnett School releases a past paper for its entrance test. Both say so in as many words, and both then point families at third-party familiarisation material with a caveat attached. Queen Elizabeth's warns that the resources it links to "may not reflect the format of the School's entrance exams". Henrietta Barnett releases nothing whatever for its second round, sat in early October 2026 by the top 300.
Question 7 of Queen Elizabeth's Secondary Transfer Entrance Test FAQs is "Are past papers available?" The answer is one word followed by a signpost: "No. Sample papers that may assist your preparations can be found on our website."
Henrietta Barnett's admissions page carries the equivalent line, split by round: it links GL Assessment familiarisation booklets for the first round, then states, "We do not release any past papers or offer any resources for Round Two." Its admissions FAQ document repeats the position: "The Henrietta Barnett School do not release any past papers."
So every product sold to families as a Queen Elizabeth's or Henrietta Barnett past paper is a reconstruction, an approximation, or someone else's paper with a school name on the cover. There is no authorised version of either test in circulation, because neither school has ever released one.
Before you buy anything: ask the seller which school published the paper. Neither of these two ever has.
Book a Free Consultation Message us on WhatsAppIts sample test papers page carries exactly three items, and it is worth knowing that before spending an evening looking for a fourth.
| What is on the page | Where it goes | Who it is for |
|---|---|---|
| GL Assessment English materials | GL Assessment's free 11+ materials page | Anyone |
| GL Assessment Maths materials | The same GL Assessment page | Anyone |
| Atom Learning, free for Pupil Premium | The school's own Atom partnership page | Free for eligible families; purchasable by others direct from Atom |
Source: Queen Elizabeth's School sample test papers page, read on 19 August 2026.
The caveat sits above those links and is easy to skim past. The page states that the resources "aim to familiarise children with core skills and knowledge and may not reflect the format of the School's entrance exams".
Read that alongside what the school does confirm about its test, and the shape of the problem becomes clear. Its own description is precise: "Our entrance test consists of two multiple-choice format papers in English and Mathematics sat in a single session", with "one round of testing in a single session", marked electronically by software supplied by the test provider and standardised for age by that provider. What the school never does is name the provider. It says "the company who supply the tests" and stops there.
Ask on a parenting forum whether Queen Elizabeth's uses GL Assessment and you will be told yes, confidently, and advised to work through GL familiarisation papers. That advice is reasonable and its stated basis is not quite right.
What is true: Queen Elizabeth's own sample papers page links to GL Assessment English materials and GL Assessment Maths materials, and that is a signpost from the school itself. What is not established: that the entrance test is a GL Assessment paper. The school describes its supplier only in the abstract, and it attaches the "may not reflect the format" warning to the very links people cite as proof.
Henrietta Barnett is more forthcoming, but only about half its test. Its Admissions Policy says Round One is "a verbal, non-verbal and English test set by a nationally recognised body", the admissions page links GL Assessment familiarisation booklets for that round, and the FAQ document refers to answer papers being "scanned twice and carefully checked twice by GL statisticians who mark and score the papers". Round Two is the school's own paper and it says nothing about who writes it.
The practical difference this makes is small but real. GL familiarisation material is a sound way to teach the question types. It is not a rehearsal of either school's paper, and a child who has been told it is will find the real thing unfamiliar in ways nobody warned them about.
This is the most misread item on either school's website, so it is worth setting out what the arrangement actually is.
Queen Elizabeth's has partnered with Atom Learning to give children eligible for Pupil Premium free access to Atom Home. Eligibility is broad: "if your child has been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years, they will be given entirely free access to Atom Home by registering via Queen Elizabeth's School". The primary school must confirm eligibility as part of registration.
Three features of the scheme are routinely lost in the retelling. You do not have to be applying to Queen Elizabeth's — the school states that "you do not need to be planning to apply to Queen Elizabeth's School to be eligible". It is open to girls as well as boys. And the school is unambiguous that it is not a course for its own test: "while the resources include some mock 11+ style tests, they are focussed on the acquisition of knowledge and skills which are applicable to all. They should not be assumed to prepare candidates specifically for the School's own entrance test."
Families outside the Pupil Premium route can buy the same resources directly from Atom. What they are buying is a general Key Stage 2 platform that the school links to, not a Queen Elizabeth's product, and the school's own sentence is the one to weigh before paying for it.
Henrietta Barnett runs a comparable scheme with a different provider. Evidence of Pupil Premium eligibility must be supplied at the time of application, and the admissions team then issues a login to its FROG familiarisation portal. Note the deadline: written confirmation from the current school must reach Henrietta Barnett by 1 July 2026 for the September 2027 cycle, and the school will not chase the primary school for it.
Preparation has to be built around the subjects, since it cannot be built around the papers.
| Queen Elizabeth's, Barnet | Henrietta Barnett | |
|---|---|---|
| Rounds | One | Two |
| Subjects | English and Mathematics | Round One: verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, English. Round Two: English and Mathematics |
| Format | Multiple choice, both papers, one session | Not published |
| Level | Not stated on the website | Round Two is "literacy and numeracy appropriate to Key Stage 2" |
| Official free material | GL Assessment free materials, via the school's links | GL Assessment familiarisation booklets, Round One only |
| Past papers | None | None |
| Re-mark available | No | No |
Source: Queen Elizabeth's School Secondary Transfer Entrance Test FAQs and sample test papers page; The Henrietta Barnett School Admissions Policy 2027-2028 and Admissions FAQs.
The gap in that table that matters most is the Queen Elizabeth's level row. Forums argue about whether its Maths reaches Year 7 or Year 8 content; the school states nothing about level on its website, so neither side of that argument is quoting it. What the school does say is that the paper is multiple choice, which changes how a child should work through it far more than a syllabus label would.
Three things, and none of them requires a paper nobody has.
Question types, using the free GL familiarisation material both schools link to. This teaches the shape of verbal and non-verbal reasoning questions, which is the part of Round One that is genuinely unfamiliar to a child who has only done school work.
Speed under a clock, particularly for Queen Elizabeth's. Two multiple-choice papers in one session rewards accurate quick decisions, and multiple choice punishes hesitation differently from a written paper: there is no partial credit for a half-finished method. Timed practice on ordinary Key Stage 2 material does this job perfectly well.
Written English at Key Stage 2 standard for Henrietta Barnett Round Two, which is the one component with no material at all. The school confirms the level and the subject pair and nothing else, so the honest preparation is extended writing to time and Key Stage 2 Maths done accurately at pace. What is and is not disclosed about that round is covered in our guide to the Henrietta Barnett Round Two test.
For what a score is worth once the papers are marked, see what score QE Boys actually requires, and for the wider picture on availability across schools, what past papers exist for each school and our GL Assessment parent guide. The primary source for everything on this page is Queen Elizabeth's sample test papers page, which should be checked at the start of each cycle.
Both schools publish detailed test-day rules, and both sets contain at least one item that catches families out on the morning. This is the cheapest preparation there is and almost nobody does it.
At Queen Elizabeth's, your son must bring a printout of the emailed Entrance Test Invitation, which carries a code unique to him, and keep it on his person while on the school premises. He should not bring his own pencil case: the school provides all stationery and writing materials. Mobile phones, smart watches, other electronic devices and wearable technology are not to be brought into the exam. There is no snack break, and the school asks that boys have eaten and drunk enough before they arrive. He does not need to wear school uniform, and no photo identification is required.
Getting there is its own problem. Cars are not allowed onto the school grounds on test days, and parents cannot wait on the premises because most of the school is in use for the tests. The school sits in a Controlled Parking Zone with no parking on the surrounding roads, suggests the Spires car park about a 15 minute walk away, and asks families specifically not to park at Barnet General Hospital.
At Henrietta Barnett the identification rules run the other way. Candidates must provide photo identification to access their session, and a printed passport-sized photograph must be attached to the candidate registration form, which also states the room the exam will be sat in. On arrival, candidates go to Bigwood Road and queue in one of the colour-coded lines shown on the map sent with the invitation, then are escorted through the building by a member of staff or a current student, with an opportunity to visit the toilets before sitting down.
Neither school will move a date. Queen Elizabeth's says it is unable to accommodate changes caused by a clash with another school's test, and cannot take preferences for morning or afternoon sessions. Henrietta Barnett tells families to ask the other school to swap, and adds that its own tests cannot be sat remotely or anywhere other than the school site. Both run a reserve sitting for illness only, and both want to hear from you on the morning: Henrietta Barnett by 9am on the day, with a doctor's letter within two working days.
In the 2025 admissions cycle we worked with 40 students sitting selective entrance examinations at 11+ and 13+. Ten took up places at Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet and seven at The Henrietta Barnett School, and 38 of the 40 received at least one offer from a school the family had genuinely targeted.
We give the cohort size beside those counts because 40 is a small number and a rate quoted without it is not evidence. We hold no school-by-school pass rate for either school, and we do not sell past papers for tests that do not have any. Families rate us Excellent on Trustpilot, 4.8 out of 5 from 57 reviews read on 19 August 2026, and 91% of our students achieve their desired grades — a practice-wide figure across every level we teach, not a Barnet cohort.
No. Question 7 of the school's Secondary Transfer Entrance Test FAQs asks "Are past papers available?" and answers: "No. Sample papers that may assist your preparations can be found on our website." What is on that page is three links: GL Assessment English materials, GL Assessment Maths materials, and the school's Atom Learning partnership. Anything sold to you as a Queen Elizabeth's past paper is a reconstruction, because the school has never released one.
The school does not say. It describes the test as marked and standardised by "the company who supply the tests" and never names them. What it does do is link to GL Assessment English and Maths materials from its own sample papers page, which is why the answer circulating on forums is yes. Treat the GL material as a sound way to learn the question types rather than as a rehearsal of the paper, particularly since the school's own page warns those resources "may not reflect the format of the School's entrance exams".
No. Queen Elizabeth's partners with Atom to give children eligible for Pupil Premium free access to Atom Home, and the school states plainly that the resources "should not be assumed to prepare candidates specifically for the School's own entrance test". Eligibility runs to any child who has had free school meals at any point in the last six years, you do not need to be applying to Queen Elizabeth's to use it, and it is open to girls as well as boys. Other families can buy the same resources directly from Atom.
None. The school's admissions page states: "We do not release any past papers or offer any resources for Round Two." It links GL Assessment familiarisation booklets for Round One, which tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and English, but publishes nothing for the second round beyond the fact that it covers English and Mathematics at a level "appropriate to Key Stage 2" and is sat on one day in early October 2026. Preparation has to be subject work under time.
Both schools signpost GL Assessment's free materials, which include packs of familiarisation papers and are open to everyone. Beyond that, both run Pupil Premium schemes: Queen Elizabeth's gives free Atom Home access to children who have had free school meals in the last six years, registering through the school, and Henrietta Barnett issues a login to its FROG familiarisation portal once evidence of Pupil Premium eligibility is supplied. For the 2027 cycle that evidence must reach Henrietta Barnett by 1 July 2026.
The school does not state a level anywhere on its website, so neither side of that argument is quoting it. What it does confirm is that the test is "two multiple-choice format papers in English and Mathematics sat in a single session", with one round only, marked electronically and age-standardised by the test provider. The multiple-choice format matters more for preparation than a syllabus label: there is no partial credit for a half-finished method, so accurate speed is the thing to train.
Neither school offers that. Queen Elizabeth's marks answer sheets electronically using the test provider's software and offers no re-mark; the route for a family that disagrees with an outcome is an appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel. Henrietta Barnett states it does not offer a remarking facility either, describing papers scanned twice and checked twice by GL statisticians. It will release standardised scores after National Offer Day, but only once you confirm your daughter is off, or does not want, the waiting list.
Three things. Question types, using the free GL familiarisation material both schools link to, which is where verbal and non-verbal reasoning become recognisable to a child who has only done school work. Speed under a clock on ordinary Key Stage 2 material, which is what a multiple-choice paper in a single session rewards. And extended writing to time plus accurate Key Stage 2 Maths for Henrietta Barnett Round Two, the one component with no published material at all.
Both tests have to be prepared as subjects under time rather than rehearsed from papers. We will tell you which of the two components a child actually needs work on.
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