Free primary practice papers: HKEAA's P6 TSA papers, marking schemes and publisher samples

What this page answers

Parents searching for “TSA past paper P6”, “Pre-S1 mock papers” or “primary school papers download” often land on file libraries of unclear origin. This page answers one question: which Primary 6-level practice materials can be had free and legitimately, and what each can and cannot do for you. It is an annotated directory, not a download site. Nothing is hosted here, and the site does not reproduce items, passages or marking-scheme text.

It applies to both of today’s upper-primary cohorts: Primary 6 in 2026/27 (the 2025/2027 cycle, Secondary 1 entry in September 2027, internal assessments scored under 999632) and Primary 5 (the first 88844222 cohort, the 2026/2028 cycle). TSA materials do not depend on the cycle, so both grades can use them in the same way. Facts about the internal assessments or the HKAT say which cohort they apply to.

HKEAA TSA Primary 6 papers

The Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA) is run by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) and assesses basic competencies in Chinese, English and Mathematics at Primary 3 and Primary 6. The HKEAA publishes past primary papers and marking schemes online, and its index covers 2004 to 2026. It is the only freely downloadable set of official papers at Primary 6 level. The Primary 6 sets usually break down as follows:

• Chinese: reading, writing, listening (with audio and tapescripts), and speaking prompts.
• English: Reading and Writing, Listening (with audio and tapescripts) and Speaking.
• Mathematics: Chinese and English versions side by side, split into several sub-papers.
• Marking schemes: included for most years, useful for checking answers and seeing what earns marks.

TheHKEAA index of TSA primary papers and marking schemesis the entry point; the files for each year are on the HKEAA’s own site, so collect them there. The 2025 subject findings are in the2025 TSA primary subject report (Chinese-language page), which lists attainment rates and the weaknesses students showed. Both links lead to the HKEAA website; this site stores neither.

Points to note by year

The years on the index are not all of the same kind. Checking the year first stops practice material being mistaken for territory results, and voluntary-participation figures for territory figures.

Take a fictional parent, Mrs Chan. She sees Primary 6 papers listed for 2026 and assumes she can compare her child with the 2026 attainment rate. In fact schools joined voluntarily that year, so there is no territory rate to compare with; for a territory benchmark she should quote the 2025 report. The papers themselves can be used for practice whichever year they come from.

2025 Primary 6: weaknesses the report lists

According to the 2025 TSA primary subject report, the territory-wide Primary 6 attainment rates were Chinese 70.5%, English 70.2% and Mathematics 79.0%. The report also gives earlier comparable years: 2019 at Chinese 77.9%, English 72.8% and Mathematics 84.2%, and 2023 at Chinese 71.1%, English 64.3% and Mathematics 78.3%. These figures are meaningful only when attributed to the 2025 report, and they describe the territory as a whole, not any individual child. The main weaknesses it lists are summarised below.

General guidance, not an Education Bureau rule. Treat this list as a checklist, not a forecast of questions. After a TSA paper, see where your child lost marks. If those fall under the topics above, revisit the textbook and the school’s exercises to settle the concept, then redo similar questions. The list reflects territory-wide trends; your child’s weak points may be quite different, so follow your child’s own error log.

How these materials relate to the internal assessments and the HKAT

The three have similar names but different natures. The TSA is run by the HKEAA and assesses basic competencies at Primary 3 and Primary 6. The internal assessments are each primary school’s own school-based results, which are standardised, adjusted and used in allocation. The Pre-S1 Hong Kong Attainment Test (HKAT) is coordinated by the Education Bureau and sat before Secondary 1 begins. All three involve Chinese, English and Mathematics, but the setter, the purpose and the confidentiality rules differ. A TSA paper is therefore practice at a comparable level, not a preview of any internal assessment or HKAT.

There is no official HKAT past paper (沒有官方 past paper): the Bureau says a new paper is set every year, parents cannot view scripts, and it does not supply an electronic version of the questions. The format and confidentiality rules are in theHKAT preparation guide. The format, scope and marking criteria of the internal assessments are a school-based arrangement and follow the school’s circular (校本安排，以學校通告為準); the Bureau requires only that schools set them out and notify parents. Seesubject-by-subject internal assessmentfor how to prepare for each subject.

Publishers’ samples

Some publishers sell Pre-S1 mock papers, which are commercial products. A few put sample chapters on their own websites, so parents can browse before deciding whether to buy. The homepages of HKEP (教圖),priex.hkep.com, and the site carrying the JumpStart (躍思) series,popularworldhk.com, are listed here. They are homepages only, with no links to files and no prices.

Bear in mind that these products are not official, have no connection with the Bureau’s HKAT, and do not show what any year’s real test contained. Listing a site is not a recommendation or endorsement; compare content and suitability yourself before buying.

Sources we advise against

General guidance, not an Education Bureau rule. Some sites post scans of school papers. We advise against using them, for three reasons. First, the Bureau’s school copyright-licence guidelines list worksheets, practice cards, exercise books, tests and examination papers among works not licensed for copying, so school papers are copyright material and posting or reposting them carries legal risk. Second, a scan’s source, completeness and accuracy cannot be checked, and answers or marking are often missing or wrong. Third, a school paper reflects one school’s teaching and paper-setting style, and may not suit a child elsewhere. This site names none of these sites and links to none.

Why there is no Education Bureau practice bank for parents

The Bureau’s Web-based Learning and Teaching Support (WLTS) closed on 28 September 2026 and merged into STAR, a platform for schools only, holding more than 73,000 items. STAR is aimed at schools and teachers; parents do not need to, and cannot, register, which is why the Bureau offers no practice bank for parents. The free official practice material a parent can use is the HKEAA’s public TSA papers described above.

How to use them

General guidance, not an Education Bureau rule. TSA papers suit a self-check of level at home better than repeated drilling. You might:

• Time it: use the time stated on the paper, one paper at a time, not several subjects on one day.
• Mark it: use the HKEAA marking scheme and note which areas lost marks, not just the total.
• Target weaknesses: start with items the report lists and your child actually missed; leave the rest.
• Listening: play the audio once, as in a real listening test, and read the tapescript only when marking.
• Years: prefer full territory-wide years, with voluntary or cancelled-year materials as extras.

The aim of practice is to get a child used to different question types and to find gaps. The Bureau also says schools and parents need not drill for the HKAT; heavy practice adds stress and will not change a place already allocated.

Common misunderstandings

Next steps

For the HKAT’s format and confidentiality rules, read theHKAT preparation guide. To see how each subject’s internal assessment is arranged, go tosubject-by-subject internal assessment. For a rough estimate from scores, use theSSPA calculator.

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