School administration

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for school administration selection in the education and educational support sector with 5 skill areas: data checking and clerical accuracy, planning and scheduling exercises, situational judgment, in-tray and e-tray exercises and error detection. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite — none are taken from live or leaked exams — and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Data checking and clerical accuracy — Matching, filing, coding, record checking, and identifying discrepancies.
• Planning and scheduling exercises — Resources, dependencies, deadlines, constraints, and contingency planning.
• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• In-tray and e-tray exercises — Prioritizing messages, deadlines, stakeholders, and competing tasks.
• Error detection — Comparing strings, records, transactions, forms, and data for mistakes.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here — keys stay on the server — so open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. School office triage usually prioritizes:

   • A. Safety/urgent student needs, time-critical deadlines, then routine requests
   • B. Whoever shouts loudest
   • C. Personal errands first
   • D. Ignoring phones entirely

2. Two parents arrive upset demanding to see a teacher in class now. Best front-office move?

   • A. Send them into the classroom unannounced
   • B. Stay calm, explain visit procedures, and route through appropriate staff
   • C. Argue in the lobby
   • D. Share the teacher's personal mobile publicly

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

Read the study outline for this suite’s skills, timings, and recommended lessons on one printable page, or download its standalone HTML file. The printable page can also be saved as a PDF from your browser.