NSW Selective Test Preparation
Every peak begins with one well-solved problem.
MeritPeak is a tutoring practice built for one thing: helping NSW Year 5 and 6 students prepare for the Selective High School Placement Test. Every program is fully personalised and delivered online — one tutor, one student, one plan built around your child alone.
Progress, plotted — not promised.
Free Practice Test
20 questions. 15 minutes.
A timed practice test in the format of the real Selective exam, drawn at random from a bank of 1,000 questions. Every attempt is a different paper. Free, and you'll get a full score breakdown at the end.
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We'll email the results summary so you can keep it. The timer starts as soon as you press begin.
The Good Company
Minds behind the method.
Tap a face to see what made them great — the same habits of thought we try to build in every student.
Reading
45 min
17 questions across fiction, non-fiction and poetry
Mathematical Reasoning
40 min
35 multiple-choice problem-solving questions
Thinking Skills
40 min
40 questions in verbal & quantitative reasoning
Writing
30 min
One open-response task, marked for structure & voice
Why MeritPeak
One student, one plan, one exam.
We only prepare students for one exam, and we only teach one-to-one. That focus means every session, every worksheet and every mock test is built around your child specifically — not a shared curriculum they have to keep pace with.
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Genuinely one-to-one
No group classes, ever. Sessions run online, one-to-one, and your child's tutor plans each one around their results from the last, adjusting pace and focus week by week.
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Diagnostic-led
We start with a free assessment, then build a written plan targeting your child's real gaps across all four test sections — not a generic syllabus.
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Deliberately small
We cap how many students each tutor takes so nobody is squeezed in. It limits how fast we grow, and it's the reason the personalisation is real.
Enrolment
Now taking students for 2027 and 2028.
Because every program is one-to-one, each tutor takes only a small number of students per cohort. When a cohort fills, it closes — we'd rather turn a family away than dilute the attention every student gets.
Selective 2027
For students currently in Year 5 · sitting the test in 2027 · entering Year 7 in 2028
Limited places remaining- Full four-section program across Reading, Maths Reasoning, Thinking Skills and Writing
- Timed, computer-format mock tests through the year, sat online
- Intensive revision block in the lead-up to the test
Selective 2028
For students currently in Year 4 · sitting the test in 2028 · entering Year 7 in 2029
Now open- Longer runway — foundations built before exam technique begins
- Steady weekly pacing rather than a late intensive push
- Early enrolment secures a preferred tutor and session time
Step One
Book your free assessment
A 30-minute one-to-one diagnostic where we work through your child's strengths and gaps across Reading, Mathematical Reasoning, Thinking Skills and Writing — then map out what their personalised program would cover.
The assessment normally costs $45. It's free for new students enrolling in the 2027 and 2028 cohorts.
All sessions are online via video call. All times are Sydney time, 30 minutes each.
Step 3 · Your detailsYour slot is confirmed
We'll email you shortly with joining details and a short pre-assessment questionnaire. If you need to change the time, just reply to that email.
Free Resource
Get an official practice paper
Leave your details and we'll send you straight through to a free, official NSW Department of Education Selective Test practice paper — the same source we use to benchmark our own students.
Download the free practice paper
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Click below for the official NSW Selective Test practice paper (opens on education.nsw.gov.au).
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