Sutton SET Practice Papers: Guide, Free Samples & Bundles

SUTTON SET ENGLISH & MATHS · A PARENT’S GUIDE

Free samples first. Choose your next paper with confidence.

Preparing for the Sutton Selective Eligibility Test (SET) for schools in and around Sutton, south London? Understand the first and second stages, try some free questions, then choose printable English or Maths practice that fits your child’s next step.

Exam Quay offers six original first-stage practice papers: £5 per paper, or £15 for a three-paper subject bundle. Each paper includes printable questions, worked answers and one online sitting.

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No sign-up or payment for the preview. Our current Sutton collection supports first-stage multiple-choice practice; it does not cover the second-stage written exams.

What is in the Sutton SET?

The published 2027-entry guidance describes two multiple-choice papers, English and Maths, broadly based on Key Stage 2. Each takes 40–50 minutes. There is no separate verbal-reasoning or non-verbal-reasoning test. Answers go on a separate sheet, and some questions require more than one selection.

The six participating schools are Greenshaw, Nonsuch High School for Girls, Sutton Grammar, Wallington County Grammar, Wallington High School for Girls and Wilson’s. Greenshaw uses SET results for its ability places and has no second-stage exam. Passing a test does not guarantee a school place. See the official SET FAQs for 2027 entry (PDF).

Which entry year are you preparing for?

September 2028 entry: Wilson’s currently gives 14 September 2027 as the expected SET date. This is provisional, not a complete confirmed timetable. Check the school’s current admissions FAQs and your chosen schools for registration and access-arrangement deadlines.

For context, the main tests for September 2027 entry have already taken place: SET on 15 September 2026; the girls’ second stage on 26 September; the boys’ second stage on 3 October. These are past dates, not the next application window. Official 2027-entry dates.

Free Sutton SET samples and answers

Start with the schools’ own examples to understand the response format. These free PDFs are hosted by Wilson’s; they are sample questions, not full official past papers.

• Official SET English sample questions (PDF)
• Official SET Maths sample questions (PDF)
• Official sample answer-sheet layout (PDF)

Then try Exam Quay’s five free English and Maths questions with worked explanations. These are original mixed-subject taster questions, not extracts from a paid paper. They show our explanation style, not the difficulty of a full exam. You can read them without starting a timed session.

Printable Sutton English and Maths papers

Every £5 paper contains 50 original multiple-choice questions, an A4 question PDF, a separate worked-answer PDF and one online sitting. Choose one subject to start, or three different papers in that subject for planned practice over several sessions.

The question counts, precise timings and marking rules are EQ practice settings, not a promise to reproduce the official papers. A three-paper bundle includes six PDF booklets and three online sittings for one learner. It costs the same as three singles and contains those same papers, so check earlier purchases to avoid duplicates.

Download from My papers within 90 days of payment and keep the files for the licensed learner’s private practice. PDF and online versions contain the same questions. Print at home at your own cost; no physical papers are posted and these single papers and bundles are one-off purchases.

Compare Sutton singles and bundles in the printable catalogue →

How is the second stage different?

Sutton Grammar, Wallington County Grammar and Wilson’s share a later English and Maths examination. Their published 2027-entry guidance describes written rather than multiple-choice papers, approximately 45–60 minutes each. Read Wilson’s second-stage FAQs for the current requirements.

Nonsuch and Wallington High School for Girls share the NWSSEE. Its published guidance gives English and Maths 40–50 minutes each, with written responses. English is a writing task rather than a comprehension paper. See the official NWSSEE FAQs (PDF).

EQ’s Sutton papers on this page cover first-stage practice only. If your child is preparing for a second stage, plan separate written English and Maths practice using the relevant school’s guidance. A multiple-choice score cannot assess a child’s extended writing.

A practical way to use a Sutton paper

1. Start with the instructions. Try a few samples without a timer. Ask your child to explain whether each question needs one answer or more than one.
2. Choose a purpose. Use an untimed session to work on an unfamiliar skill, or a timed paper to practise pacing. Keep the answer booklet with the supervising adult.
3. Review the cause of a mistake. Was it a missing method, a misread question, a calculation slip or time pressure? In English, ask which words in the text support the answer.
4. Practise one correction. Explain the method in your own words, then try a different question. Leave the next full paper for a later session, after reviewing what the first one showed.

For printed work, practise keeping question numbers and answer positions aligned. Keep any notes private; there is no need to send us your child’s name, answers or scores.