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The NSW Opportunity Class test, explained for parents

The Opportunity Class Placement Test is how children in Year 4 in New South Wales apply for a Year 5 opportunity class: a class for high-potential and gifted students in a public primary school.

At a glance

Full name
Opportunity Class Placement Test
Published by
NSW Department of Education
Who sits it
Children in Year 4 in New South Wales applying for a Year 5 opportunity class.
What it is made of
On a computer: Reading (40 minutes), Mathematical Reasoning (40 minutes) and Thinking Skills (30 minutes), all multiple choice.

Three parts, on a computer

  • Reading: 40 minutes.
  • Mathematical Reasoning: 40 minutes.
  • Thinking Skills: 30 minutes. The department’s practice tests show logic questions about arguments, spatial questions, and sequence and puzzle problems.
  • There is no writing test for opportunity classes. It is taken on computers the department provides, at a local test centre.

When

  • In Year 4, in May. For 2027 entry it was held on 8 and 9 May 2026, with a make-up day on 22 May.
  • From 2026 the test is held only in NSW.

Preparing, the official way

  • The department publishes three practice tests, with answers and explanations, on its “Get ready” page.

Grades and Years

  • The puzzles on this site and in the app count in North American grades; Year 4 in NSW is grade 4.

How much of the NSW OC test the puzzles here cover

Partly covered. Thinking Skills includes sequence, puzzle and spatial questions, which the puzzles here practise. Its logic questions about arguments, and the reading and maths sections, are not covered.

  • Number Series
  • Number Puzzles
  • Figure Matrices
  • Paper Folding

Every puzzle is original: none is a copy or an imitation of a real test question. See one of each kind.

Build the reasoning, not the test

Short, original puzzles with words, numbers and shapes. Your child answers, then names the rule.

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Or print free reasoning worksheets, grades 3 to 8.

Sources

Last checked 11 October 2026. This page is general information, not advice: your school, district, board or area has the final word on its own tests and dates. Test names are trademarks of their publishers. Cub Climb is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any of them, or to any school or education department.