Help Your Child Succeed Cognitive Abilities Test, Year 7 Apptitude Tests

Realistic CAT4 Practice Tests – Level D & E (2025)

CAT4 PRACTICE TEST

One of the most important thing a parent can do is to provide a child with the tools with which to achieve his or her potential.

What is the CAT4 Test?

The Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT4) is used as an admission test by top private and grammar schools in the UK and beyond. It assesses a student’s reasoning abilities and intelligence across a number of domains: Verbal, Non-Verbal, Quantitative, and Spatial. Your child’s performance when sitting a CAT4 will determine their chances of admission to some of the best schools in the UK and internationally.

What Levels Are Offered?

This site offers Level A all the way to Level F – click here for a breakdown. Most children are tested at the end of primary school or the first year of secondary school so the most used tests are Level D and Level E.

CAT4 Level D Practice Tests

Ideal for students aged 10 to 11 (Year 6 in the UK).
👉 Explore Level D Tests

CAT4 Level E Practice Tests

Ideal for students aged 11 to 12 (Year 7 in the UK).
👉 Explore Level E Tests

What’s Inside the CAT4 Practice Packs?

Each pack includes:

  • ✏️ Timed test sections (Verbal, Non-Verbal, Quantitative, Spatial)
  • 🔍 Full explanations and worked answers (where applicable)
  • 📈 Progress tracking
  • 🛡️ Unlimited re-attempts for mastery

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“The only site that prepared my son properly for the CAT4. The questions were exactly like the real test. Highly recommend!” – Amira S.

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“Far more realistic than other websites. Great value and brilliant support team!” – James T.

Are you ready to help your child Get Started?

Choose your level:

LevelAge GroupAction
CAT4 Level D10–11 (End of Year 6)🔗 Start Now
CAT4 Level E11–12 (End of Year 7)🔗 Start Now

Why Choose US?

✔️ Realistic questions based on actual CAT4 Level D and E standards

✔️ Affordable pricing – excellent value for money

✔️ Instant feedback, score, and analytical reports

✔️ Trusted by parents, tutors, and top-performing students

✔️ Expert, responsive support team to assist you

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Are your tests like the real CAT4?
A: Yes. They are built to match CAT4 levels in format, difficulty, and structure.

Q: Are these tests suitable without supervision?
A: Absolutely. For older children the tests and online system are quite east to use. The questions are straightforward. For younger children you may need to help initially.

Q: How many times can my child take the test?
A: Unlimited attempts – ideal for revision and confidence-building.

Q: Can I analyse how my child is performing?
A: There are two reports which are useful the test history reports and an analysis of the tests which uses an average of the results to indicate if there has been improvement or not.

CAT4 PRACTICE TEST

CAT4 Report
Help Your Child Succeed Year 7 Apptitude Tests

How do CAT4 results help your child do better

CAT4 (Cognitive Abilities Test) is the new edition of the Cognitive Abilities Test and is the UK’s most widely used assessment of ability. It’s available on demand throughout the year. CAT4 is a standardized test designed to assess cognitive abilities in children and young people. It is used in educational settings to identify strengths and weaknesses in cognitive abilities, such as verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial awareness, and numerical ability. The test can be used to identify students who may be at risk of underachieving academically, or who may need additional support in order to reach their full potential. It is often used as part of a comprehensive assessment process, along with other tests and observations, to identify students who may have learning difficulties or disabilities.

CAT4 reports received by the school providing individual performance and performance of the cohort

It provides teachers with essential data to help personalise learning, engage with parents, and monitor progress. It supports measuring student abilities and the admissions process into selective schools. There are 4 areas of reasoning which are measured; quantitative, verbal, non-verbal and spatial. The last skills is extremely important for science, technology, engineering, and maths. This is an ability not measured by other tests at school such as the 11+ or SATs.

Individualised Learning

By understanding a child’s strengths, weaknesses, and learning preferences teaching can be adapted accordingly and talented pupils can be pushed ahead while pupils with low ability can be provided learning support or screened for learning difficulties.

Identifying Learning Styles

From a child’s ability profile it becomes clear if they have a bias towards spatial skills and will learn better through flow charts and diagrams but may struggle with verbal based subjects. Pupils with an extreme verbal bias will learn well through written texts, writing and discussion but may struggle with STEM subjects. Pupils with a balanced profile will respond to all types of teaching styles.

Helping Students

Underachieving pupils can be provided with targeted measures to remove barriers to learning. Appropriate goals can be set and monitored, with progress indicators. The results are good indicators to GCSE, A-level and IB course success and the individual student report for teachers provides data that helps to understand a pupils learning profile. The implications for teaching and learning arre profound and base deicisions on objective not subjective opinion.

Summary

CAT4 supports personalized learning and improves parental engagement, provides direction for informed intervention strategies. Specialized reports are available for senior school leaders to help provide strategic direction to areas where the school or class as a whole can improve. The CAT4 is not about knowledge recall and requires no preparation, although I argue that familiarity of the question format and online delivery helps. There are three ability batteries that are not dependent on language so it is highly suitable for second language students too. CAT4 is available throughout the year and results are available immediately. The CAT4 tests attempt to offer all pupils the same opportunity to show their underlying ability – at least that’s the theory!

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