Scottish Police Service - Eligibility

Here you will find help to find out whether you are eligible to join the Scottish police service.

Scottish Police Sample Entrance Exam

There are three test papers which make up the Scottish Police Standard Entrance Test:

Language
Number handling
Information handling

Time allocated for each paper:
Candidates have 30 minutes to complete each papers.

In all there are 1h30mins of testing although the full session will take longer depending on the amount of time between papers and the administrative arrangements in the test centre.

Marking:
There are two important criteria about the marking of the Standard Entrance Test:

Candidates must pass each paper:
The pass mark for each paper is deliberately set higher than 50%. Each paper test different skills, and each of them is required by new recruits. The skills which are being tested are important if candidates are going to benefit from their later training.

Candidates must pass each paper separately.

The marking for each paper is: