GATE / ASET · FREE MOCK EXAM
CURRENT MOCK · OCTOBER 2026
Registration is open now. Details and the registration form are on the October 2026 GATE mock exam page. A new mock runs each school holidays, so if this one has passed, the next page will be linked here.
A GATE mock exam is a full practice run of the test Perth parents call the GATE test, formally the Academic Selective Entrance Test or ASET. Ours is written by ELG to match the shape of the real exam, then sat in a proper exam room to a proper clock.
What it is:
A GATE-style paper covering the four sections of the real test: reading comprehension, communicating ideas in writing, quantitative reasoning and abstract reasoning.
Sat in silence, in rows, with a supervisor at the front and a start and stop time that does not move.
Free. There is no fee, no deposit and no obligation to enrol in anything afterwards.
Run by ELG Tutoring. Curtin University is the venue, and that is the extent of its involvement.
What it is not:
It is not the real ASET, and it is not run by the WA Department of Education or ACER. Nothing your child does at our mock affects their real application or result.
It is not a set of past papers. The Department does not release its papers.
It is not a class. Nobody teaches during the sitting. The value comes afterwards, when you see what the paper showed.
If you want the full picture of the real test first, read our guide to the GATE exam in WA or the shorter what is in the ASET.
Most children who sit the real test have only practised at the kitchen table. That is useful, but it hides three things a real sitting exposes.
The clock. At home a child can pause, ask a question or finish a section over two evenings. In the exam room the section ends when it ends. Children who know the content but have never worked under a hard stop leave marks on the table.
The room. Rows of other children turning pages, a supervisor reading instructions and a hall they have never seen. For most children the unfamiliarity costs them the first ten minutes. Better that happens at a mock than in March.
The whole paper in one go. Stamina is a skill. A child who is sharp for one section at home can fade by the fourth. You cannot see that in twenty minute bursts.
The real test is not curriculum based. It measures reasoning, not taught content, so nerves and pacing have an outsized effect. A child who has sat one full paper under real conditions walks into the real thing knowing what the room feels like and where they lost time last time.
He no longer guessed; he had a method.
Elena M. is a parent and a teacher from Applecross. She said this after her son worked through the mocks with Sagar.
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Elena M.
Parent and teacher, Applecross
The day is built to feel like the real test, so we keep it plain.
Arrival. Registration opens at 9:30am at the Curtin University venue. Families sign in and your child is shown to a seat. Parents drop off and come back for pick-up at the end, the same as the real test.
Instructions. A supervisor reads the instructions once, exactly as an exam supervisor would. Children may not start until told to.
The paper. Your child sits the GATE-style paper section by section, to the clock, from 10:00am to 12:30pm. All four sections run in the one sitting: reading comprehension, quantitative reasoning and abstract reasoning as multiple choice, plus a written piece. The writing section is hand-written from a prompt the child has not seen, and it is marked by hand against a rubric, the same way the real test works.
Finish. Papers are collected. Children are released to their parents at the published finish time.
What to bring is listed in the confirmation email you receive after registering, along with the exact room and parking, because those can change between sittings.
Sagar is at every mock. He speaks to the room before the paper starts and is there when it ends. He has taught this exam for 10 years and tutored 500+ students.
Sitting the paper is half the value. The other half is what you learn from it.
Marked results. Every paper is marked by ELG. You receive an individual report showing your child’s raw score in each section and where that sits against the other students who sat, within their year group. Reports usually go out about three days after the sitting, by email and on the ELG platform. The percentile ranks the students who sat that mock, not the state, so read it as a guide and not as a predicted GATE result.
A clear picture by section. Few children are equally strong across reading, writing, quantitative and abstract reasoning. The mock shows which section carried them and which one dragged, so you know where preparation time should go.
A pacing read. A section where the last several questions are blank is a timing problem, not a knowledge problem. The two need different fixes.
Honest next steps. Every family is offered a one-to-one review call to go through the report. Some children need only a second mock. Some need a term of structured work. We will tell you which, including when your child is fine as they are.
If the results show gaps, GATE tutoring in Perth explains how our Year 4 and 5 small group classes work, and the learning platform lets students practise between sessions. If the results are strong, the free sample ASET questions and our GATE practice questions by section may be all your child needs.
The mock suits any child who is likely to apply for a WA selective program and has not yet sat a full paper under real conditions.
Year 4 and Year 5 students. The papers are written for those two year levels. Applications are made in Year 5 and the test is sat in Year 6, so this is the window where a mock changes what you do next.
Children who are strong at school but have never seen an abstract reasoning question. In our experience this is most children. The mock is the safest place to meet those question types first.
Children who know the material but rush, freeze or run out of time. The mock separates a timing problem from a content problem.
Families unsure whether any preparation is needed. A free mock answers that with evidence instead of a sales pitch.
Students already preparing elsewhere. A mock is a progress check, whoever is teaching.
Who should wait: a child who gets very anxious in tests and has done no timed work at home. Start with the free sample paper at the kitchen table, then come to the next mock. One runs each school holidays, so there is always another sitting.
Registration is on the current mock page. It takes a few minutes.
1.
Open the current GATE mock exam page.
2.
Check the date, the sitting time and the Curtin University room details.
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Fill in the registration form with your child’s name and year level.
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Watch for the confirmation, then put the date in your calendar.
Every child must be registered in advance. There are no walk-ins on the day, so a child who has not registered cannot sit. Places are limited by the room, which seats 144, and there is also an option to sit the paper online if the in-person sitting does not suit. If the current mock is full or has passed, the next one runs in the following school holidays and this page will point to it.
If your child is ready for weekly classes now, Term 4 GATE / ASET small group classes are open.
Questions before the day? Call or text 0480 887 564, or email support@elgtutoring.com.
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