QTS Professional Skills Test 2016

I passed literacy today first time! Does anyone know how we alert our choices that we've passed? I know there is a section for it on track but my candidate number is too long to input?

Definitely brush up on your times tables so you can recall them quickly. This would be useful in the mental section and cut down on the time to work answers out. I can't remember where, but I remember hearing a tip of making sure you're confident with your 6, 7s and 8 times tables- which did come up the most, I found.

You need to be confident in your multiplication because you need to be able to simplify fractions quickly-and to do so you need to detect lowest common multiples.

Google 'QTS Maths Revision List' and you will find topics to revise.

Good luck and don't stress yourself out too much!

How much time do you get per mental maths question?

Hello everyone! I passed both my tests on Thursday. (YAY) I just wanted to give you all a heads up, as I was not aware of certain aspects of the tests.

In the Literacy PST, the punctuation section only lets you change 15 words. After this, you are unable to add any more punctuation or make any changes unless you remove/reset one. This is different to the online practice tests where you can make next to unlimited changes.

However, that being said, literacy was fairly straight forward and it didn't take a long time to complete.

For Maths though, I agree with the other commenters. Make sure you brush up on your tables for the mental maths section/do lots of practice tests. Some of the questions in the written statistics section had different layouts/graphs compared to the practice tests, BUT they were not unmanageable. Just try not to panic!

Best of luck to you all!

Did you find the tests really difficult? I have my tests soon and I'm beyond worried

I couldn't find any recent forums on this topic so I wanted to start one up. I just took my Maths skills test earlier today, I have been absolutely dreading it so much and I passed first time! If anyone has any questions about my experience let me know and I'll get back to you, as I sure had some to ask but there were no current threads! Best of luck to all prospective teachers

If I may ask, compared to the numeracy practice test which is more difficult? Also,are the difficulty levels set according to the subject you want to teach? I have mine coming up Monday and I am dreading it. I am very good with maths but I keep panicking when doing the practice test.

Hello, I was wondering if they allow you to use a pen and paper during the 'metal math' section??

Hi there, if your taking one test after another what happens? Do you leave the room and collect your results or just go straight onto the next test?

OK, so I I did my test on Monday and passed. I found the numeracy a lot easier than the literacy compared to the practice questions. But I will say I did a lot more practice for the numeracy. I didn't buy any books, I just worked the 4 practice questions several times. I also found a maths game in the app store called math workout, I helps you with being quick with calculations. It is timed and you can compete with people all over the world and it's very good for brushing up on multiple and checking progress. Anyone who is having problems with mental math can try it at no cost at all.

Hi,
Well done! I have my test in a couple of weeks for numeracy. Have passed the English but I can't seem to do the mental section quickly enough. I do well in the 2nd section on the practice tests but fail miserably on the first part. Can you give me an idea of the type of questions that came up on your mental section, please? Much appreciated.