The Exam

In stage 2, every applicant must sit the online Arkwright Aptitude Exam.

New for 2024 – we are trialling an online aptitude exam for 2024 that removes the need for schools to administer a formal exam on our behalf and allows more non-school settings to access the programme.  It can be sat from anywhere, providing you have good Wi-fi and access to a tablet or laptop or PC with a webcam.

The Exam encourages students to demonstrate their skills in a number of areas through timed multiple-choice questions.

The Exam is broad-based and requires applicants to use the full spectrum of their knowledge of engineering. It does not test students specifically on the GCSE / Scottish National 5 / IB specifications they are learning at school.

The exam will be open over a Friday and Saturday, to enable students to either sit at home in their own time, or in school if they don’t have access to a laptop/PC and webcam outside of school.

The exam is hosted by Test Gorilla and has built in anti-cheat mechanisms. This means that even if sat in school it doesn’t require strict national exam conditions.

We hosted a webinar on 10 October 2024 for students to learn more about the online exam and ask questions. You can watch webinar 3 on the exam and also the earlier webinars Go to webinars