GCSE English
Diagnostic Test
80 marks. 6 sections. Every GCSE English skill tested — reading, writing, and literature. Expert marking with your full grade report and personalised next steps returned within 5 working days.
You can’t improve what
you haven’t measured.
Most students start GCSE English revision with no clear picture of where they actually are. They revise what they enjoy, avoid what they find hard, and hope the exam goes well. This test replaces guesswork with a precise, honest picture of exactly where your child stands — and exactly what needs to change.
Before starting Year 10
Find out which skills are already strong and which need building from the ground up — before two years of revision time passes. Start Year 10 with a plan rather than a guess.
Midway through Year 11
Check whether revision is working. If Section B scores are still low after months of language analysis practice, the approach needs to change. This test tells you whether it is working — and where it isn’t.
Before joining the membership
The diagnostic tells you which membership months matter most. Instead of starting at Month 1 and working through everything, you know immediately where to focus for the fastest improvement.
Home educators
A structured, externally marked test gives you a reliable picture of your child’s level — the kind of regular, expert feedback that’s hard to get without a school setting.
Simple. Structured. Back in 5 days.
Four steps from purchase to your personalised grade report.
Purchase and receive the test paper
After purchase you receive the 80-mark test paper immediately. It contains six sections with real exam-style passages and questions — the same format and question types as GCSE English Language and Literature exams across AQA, Edexcel IGCSE, and OCR.
Sit the test under timed conditions
Students sit the full paper in one sitting, timed at 75 to 90 minutes. This is important: timed conditions produce accurate results. A test completed over several days with reference materials is not a reliable picture of exam performance.
Submit your completed answers
Submit the completed test by email or photograph. Typed or handwritten answers are both accepted. The submission instructions and email address are included in the test paper document.
Receive your full grade report within 5 working days
Your marked script, section-by-section scores, overall grade assessment, and personalised written next steps are returned by email within 5 working days of submission. Not automated — expert marked, individually written.
Six sections. Every GCSE English
skill covered.
The test uses real exam-style questions and passages. Students sit it under timed conditions — 75 to 90 minutes — and submit their completed answers for expert marking.
Expert marking. Not a mark scheme —
real, individual feedback.
Five things returned with every marked test.
Full marked script
Every answer marked with examiner notes. Where marks were earned, and exactly where they were lost — identified line by line so students can see the specific moments that cost them marks.
Section-by-section scores
Marks and grade equivalents for all six sections. The full picture at a glance: which sections are strong, which are underperforming, and how large the gap is between current level and target grade.
Overall grade assessment
A holistic grade assessment based on the full 80-mark paper — not an automated calculation but a considered professional judgement of where the student’s work sits overall.
Personalised next steps
Specific, actionable recommendations for each weak area — written for the individual student, not copied from a template. Each recommendation names the skill, explains what is missing, and suggests what to work on next.
Results returned within 5 working days of submission
Not two weeks, not ‘when I get to it.’ Every submitted test is returned with full marking, section scores, overall grade, and personalised next steps within 5 working days. If for any reason your marked test is delayed, you will be notified in advance.
From the first test to a clear plan.
“We had no idea where my son actually was. His school gives very little feedback and his grades had been inconsistent. The diagnostic came back with a clear breakdown of every section. Section D (transactional writing) was fine — Section B (language analysis) was significantly below where it needed to be. That told us exactly where to focus. Six weeks later his language analysis was unrecognisable.”
“I was predicted a Grade 5 and couldn’t understand why my essays weren’t improving. The marked script showed me the exact sentences where I was losing marks — I was quoting but not analysing. The next steps gave me three specific things to work on. One term later I got a Grade 7 in my mock.”
“As a home educator I find it very hard to assess my daughter’s English objectively — I’m too close to it. Having an independent expert mark a proper timed test and tell me exactly what grade her work is at, and precisely what needs to change, was exactly what we needed. The personalised next steps were genuinely personalised — they referenced specific things she had written.”
Everything included in the GCSE English Diagnostic Test
- ✔80-mark test covering all GCSE English skills — reading, writing, and literature
- ✔6 sections: comprehension, language analysis, comparison, evaluation, transactional writing, creative writing, and literature
- ✔Real exam-style passages and question formats — not simplified or abridged
- ✔Expert marking with section scores and grade equivalent for every section
- ✔Overall holistic grade assessment based on the full 80-mark paper
- ✔Personalised written next steps for every weak area — individual to the student
- ✔Returned within 5 working days of submission — not weeks
- ✔Works with AQA, Edexcel IGCSE, and OCR — all major GCSE English boards
GCSE English Diagnostic Test
GCSE English Diagnostic Test
- ✔80-mark exam-style test — 6 sections, Language + Literature
- ✔Expert marking — every answer reviewed by a qualified marker
- ✔Full marked script with examiner notes on every answer
- ✔Section-by-section scores with grade equivalents
- ✔Overall grade assessment — holistic, not automated
- ✔Personalised next steps for every weak area
- ✔Returned within 5 working days of submission
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