As outlined in the admissions process Primary students sit tests that are specially designed by BSK. Applicants for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will be assessed directly by the Entrance Testing Officer. Years 3 to 5 will complete paper-based assessments covering Reading, Writing and Maths.
Students hoping to gain admission to BSK from Year 6 to Year 11 are required to sit a Cognitive Ability Test (CAT).
CATs take the form of a series of multi-choice tests in four key areas:
- Verbal reasoning. A series of short tests aimed at assessing the students’ use of the English language in normal situations.
- Quantitative reasoning. A series of short tests aimed at assessing the students’ ability in arithmetical and universal mathematical manipulations.
- Non-verbal reasoning. A series of short tests aimed at assessing the students’ intellectual dexterity.
- Spatial reasoning. A series of short tests aimed at assessing the students’ ability to generate and transform visual images.
CATs are non-specific in relation to national education systems but the tests are age-specific.
Applications to join Year 12 or 13 are processed in line with the published entry criteria for admission into those year groups.