Edutest Preparation
Edutest Preparation — Year 10 & 11
Whatever Edutest exam your child is sitting — JMSS, EBS, a Victorian selective-entry place or a school scholarship — the underlying skills are the same. We prepare students for every Edutest sub-exam through shared weekly classes taught by alumni who have sat the paper themselves.
What is Edutest?
One exam provider, many schools
Edutest is an independent assessment provider used by Victorian schools to screen entrance and scholarship applicants. Rather than each school writing its own paper, many use Edutest's standardised format — which means preparation transfers cleanly from one target school to another.
A typical Edutest sitting combines five components: Numerical Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics and a timed Writing task. Each is sat under exam conditions, and the competitive cut-offs mean that fluency and timing matter as much as raw knowledge.
Because the skills overlap so heavily, a student preparing for JMSS is, in practice, also preparing for EBS and the Year 10 selective-entry pathway. That is exactly why we run shared classes — more practice, more cohort, one focused program.
The Sub-Exams
What the Edutest paper assesses
Five components, each rewarding a different skill. We diagnose where your student stands on each, then weight their preparation accordingly.
Numerical Reasoning
Number patterns, ratios, data interpretation and applied problem solving under time pressure. Tests how quickly a student spots structure, not just whether they can compute.
Verbal Reasoning
Vocabulary, analogies, word relationships and logical deduction in language. Rewards breadth of reading and the ability to reason about meaning, not memorisation.
Reading Comprehension
Close reading of unseen passages — inference, tone, author intent and the evidence behind each answer. The difference between a good and a great score is usually here.
Mathematics
Curriculum-aligned maths assessing fluency and accuracy across arithmetic, algebra, geometry and worded problems — the foundation a science-focused school assumes you already have.
Writing
A timed written response judged on structure, clarity and argument. The most coachable section, and where personalised correction moves the needle fastest.
Where It's Used
Which Victorian schools use Edutest
Edutest underpins entry to the state's specialist science schools and the Year 10 selective-entry pathway. The Year 9 selective exam is run by ACER — see the difference in our FAQ below.
How We Prepare You
Shared classes, school-specific focus
The Maths and Science content is shared across our Edutest cohorts, so every student gets a full classroom of practice. Applied sessions then drill the exam format for each specific school. Pick the target that fits — or talk to us about preparing for more than one.
JMSS Year 10
Maths + Science content, applied Edutest sessions, drop-in support.
JMSS Year 11
Advanced reasoning and scientific analysis for Year 11 entry.
EBS Year 11/12
Adds English alongside Maths & Science for the EBS paper.
Victorian Selective Entry
Year 10 Edutest selective-entry prep, sharing the Maths & Science classes.
Sitting a different Edutest exam?
We can prepare any Edutest Year 10, Year 11 or scholarship student through the same shared classes — the reasoning, comprehension and writing skills are common to every Edutest paper. If your target school isn't listed above, book a diagnostic and we'll map a plan to it.
FAQ
Edutest, answered
Edutest is an independent assessment provider used by many Victorian schools to screen entrance and scholarship applicants. An Edutest exam typically combines Numerical Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics and a Written Expression task, all sat under timed conditions.
In Victoria, Edutest is used for entry to John Monash Science School (JMSS) and Elizabeth Blackburn Sciences (EBS), and forms part of the common Year 9–10 selective-entry process for the selective high schools. Many independent schools also use Edutest for scholarship rounds. If your target school sits an Edutest paper, the same preparation applies.
Edutest and ACER are two different exam providers used by different schools. They assess overlapping skills — reasoning, comprehension and writing — but differ in question style, timing and how the sections are weighted. The Year 9 Victorian selective-entry exam is ACER-based, while JMSS, EBS and the Year 10 selective entry pathway use Edutest. We prepare students specifically for the format their school uses.
Our Edutest preparation is built for Year 10 and Year 11 entry — including JMSS (Year 10 and Year 11), EBS (Year 11/12) and Victorian selective entry (Year 10). We can also support scholarship applicants sitting an Edutest paper at adjacent year levels through the same shared classes.
Start with a diagnostic so we can see where your student is across each sub-exam, then build the gaps through weekly content classes, exam-specific applied sessions and full-length practice exams with human-marked writing feedback. Early, consistent preparation beats last-minute cramming — the earlier you start before the June exam, the more prepared you are.
Edutest sets the exam dates each year, and they vary by school and scholarship round. Always confirm the current testing dates for your target school on the official Edutest website before planning your preparation — we build each cohort's timeline around the published exam date.
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