All trainees working towards Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) must pass a computerised literacy skills test. The test is designed to ensure they have a sound grasp of literacy skills such as spelling, punctuation and grammar and can apply these in practice. This book outlines all of the test requirements and the essential subject knowledge candidates will need.

This Third Edition is updated throughout and now includes a full practice test. Written by one of the authors of the skills tests, from the AlphaPlus Consultancy, this text is an accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive practice tool for the literacy skills test.

This book helps the reader:

- familiarise themselves with the skills and knowledge to be tested

- fully understand the format and structure of the literacy skills test

- know what to expect on the day of the test