Pretestplus Reviews 

We’ve done a couple of practice tests with different providers and this was by far the most difficult - disproportionately so. The verbal reasoning section seems to have been written by someone who is not a native English speaker which is confusing for a child.

The quality of the tests is good however, each test can only be taken once. When I asked for the tests to be reset so that my child could retake them a few weeks later, practise further, and learn from previous mistakes, my request was refused. I was told that I would need to purchase the tests again, which I find unreasonable given that I had already paid a vast amount for access. I also requested PDF versions of the tests for additional practice, but this was also refused. Not very helpful customer support.

Pre test plus version of CEM Insight tests. Unethical marketing strategy. Unrealistic. Overly difficult with extreme time pressure, your child is distraught as the computer marks each stage and shows how “below average” they are doing. It then provides links for more practice at a cost. It preys on a parent’s panic when they see their child failing and upset. CEM tests are designed to be very difficult to complete due to time pressure, they are more a test of processing speed rather than ability. They are already stressful, Pre test plus utilise this to crank up the pressure for more sales at the expense of a child’s well being. Plus the pre test plus test is clunky to answer, slowing you down. A couple of sections glitched on marking, regardless of refreshing it would not show the correct answer in its review for the maths section. I wanted a practice test to familiarise my daughter with the computer and question styles. What I got was a child who had been happy end up in floods of tears, full of self doubt and not wanting to do her big school exams. I believe you should do harder practice exams than the real thing but this was excessive.

Cat Test for year 9/10 - The content of this course was poor, badly worded vocabulary and meanings felt that it was generated from another language. A terrible waste of money.

This platform was incredibly useful for the CEM tests and adaptive tests my daughter took during the 11+ process. It was very very effective and mirrored the exams the closest. We had success using these and our daughter received offers from 3 top independent schools. Cannot recommend this enough as a fantastic practice tool