Timed or untimed practice
Selective and Scholarship challenges run under real exam-clock conditions with live word count and autosave; Practice mode drops the clock so students can focus purely on the writing.
NSW Selective · Scholarship · Years 3–6
Build stronger writing for Selective & Scholarship exams.
Write. Get feedback. Improve.
- Practice
- Exam-style writing tasks across different genres and difficulty levels.
- Assess
- A consistent 25-point assessment across six key writing criteria.
- Improve
- Understand your strengths and what to work on next.
Get instant assessment and feedback after every writing attempt.
Free during early access.
How it works
Practice, submit, and see the rubric behind the mark.
Authentic prompts
Narrative, persuasive, speech, newspaper report and article prompts written to NSW Selective test and AAS/ACER scholarship test standards.
Rubric-aligned marking
Work is measured against a 25-point rubric covering ideas, structure, audience, vocabulary, grammar and spelling.
Visible progress
Score trends and per-skill breakdowns show exactly which criterion to work on next.
See it in action
From prompt to rubric-aligned feedback.
A simplified look at what a WriteSmart task actually looks like, start to finish.
Today's prompt
Persuasive writing · 40 minutes
Should students be allowed to use phones at school?
Write with autosave
Phones connect students to the world, but should they be allowed inside the classroom? I believe schools should set clear limits rather than a full ban, because...
248 words · Autosaving...
Rubric-aligned feedback
- StrengthPurpose & Audience: tone stays consistently persuasive and appropriate for a school debate.
- Focus areaStructure & Organisation: two body paragraphs cover closely related ground.
Next step: Give each paragraph a distinct job before the next attempt.
Illustrative example. Every real assessment is generated fresh against your child's actual writing, not a template.
Why it matters
Practice that actually tells you what to fix.
Without rubric-aligned feedback
- Feedback is just "good job" or "needs work"
- No idea which rubric criterion is actually weak
- Hours of practice without knowing what to fix
With WriteSmart
- Every score explained against the real 25-point rubric
- One clear, specific next step after every attempt
- Sees exactly which criterion to focus on next
Practice
Write against a real prompt
Get feedback
See exactly what to fix
Improve
Apply one clear next step
Track progress
Watch your rubric score climb
The rubric
Twenty-five marks, six criteria.
Students see the same criteria markers use, so feedback is never a mystery score.
How marking works
Hover or tap a criterion to see what markers actually look for, straight from the same rubric WriteSmart marks against.
25marks total