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ISEB COMMON PRE-TESTS 2024-25

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Information for families

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The 2024-25 Pre-Tests session is still open.

Parents and guardians can register their children via the Guardian Portal.

The timeline for the rest of the 24/25 session and the beginning of the 25/26 session is as follows:

– EARLY MAY – Friday 9th May 2025 – Guardian and Invigilation Centre Registration Closes
– MID-MAY – Monday 12th May 2025 – Invigilation Centre Registration for the 25/26 Session Opens
– MID-MAY – Friday 16th May 2025 – Last Tests
– LATE MAY – Friday 23rd May 2025 – Testing Session Closes
– EARLY JUNE – Tuesday 10th June 2025 – Guardian Registration for the 25/26 Session Opens
– EARLY SEPTEMBER – Tuesday 2nd September 2025 – 25/26 Testing Session Opens

All invigilation centres are required to reregister for the 25/26 Testing Session.

We recommend all schools encourage their parent and guardian networks to sign up to our mailing list.

By signing up for the ISEB mailing list, your parents and guardians will be the first to hear about important registration updates, webinar announcements, specialist resources, and support material directly from the exam board.

The ISEB Pre-Tests

What is an invigilation centre?

An invigilation centre is where pupils will complete their Pre-Tests assessments.

An invigilation centre for the ISEB Pre-Tests could be:

– Current school: a UK prep school, maintained primary or junior school or international prep or junior school

– Senior School: if the pupil is sitting the test at one of the schools to which they have applied

– Non-school Venue: an approved educational or governmental independent exam venue, known as a ‘non-school venue’, such as a British Council

GUIDANCE & SUPPORT

The Invigilation Centre Admin Portal

All invigilation centres will use their admin portal to organise, administer and coordinate tests for their venue.

If you are a new invigilation centre, please contact ISEB to request a new admin account, email: pretests@iseb.co.uk

Visit the Invigilation Centre Portal

Step-by-step guide to the Invigilation Centre Portal

Support and guidance

The Knowledge Base

To access a range of support articles, videos and FAQs about using the Admin Portals and administering the tests, visit our Common Pre-Tests Knowledge Base.

You can also contact us with any queries you might have by submitting a ticket.

Visit the Knowledge Base

FAQs

Quick links

Guide for invigilation centres

What will parents do if they do not know where their child will sit the tests?
Parents/guardians can continue to complete other sections of the Guardian Portal, save their progress and return to their account when they have the information they need.

In the first instance, parents/guardians are advised that their child’s current school is the best place for them to sit their tests. If they cannot be accommodated at their current school, ISEB recommends that parents/guardians contact the senior schools to which they are applying to see if the tests can be sat with them or if other arrangements need to be made.

If the pupil can not take the tests at either their current or prospective school, then an approved independent third-party educational or governmental invigilation centre can be found.

Many senior schools that use the Pre-Tests for admissions work with a number of third-party educational and governmental organisations that are approved to act as an invigilation centre. Parents and guardians should contact their child’s prospective senior school to find out if there are any existing approved third-party invigilation centres they can use. Alternatively, or for additional support, parents and guardians can contact ISEB for help sourcing an approved non-school venue invigilation centre.

Once the parent/guardian has confirmed their invigilation centre, they can log into the Guardian Portal, select the venue from the drop-down menu, and submit their child’s Applicant Profile.
How can my school, educational or governmental venue register as a new invigilation centre?
New school, educational or governmental test venues in the UK and internationally can submit a request to act as an invigilation centre for the ISEB Pre-Tests by completing this online form.

All new non-school invigilation centres will need to agree to ISEB’s terms and conditions and receive written confirmation from each of the candidates’ prospective senior schools confirming their venue and staff can act as an invigilation centre for the school and candidate/s.

Once completed, a Qualifications & Delivery Team member at ISEB will review the information provided in the form and confirm the status of the test venue for the 2024-25 Pre-Tests session.

If your test venue requires support completing this form, please contact ISEB.
If we are an all through school, can the prep pupils be signed up to sit at the senior school rather than the prep?
Yes, if you only want them to sit at the senior school then just create a Senior School Invigilation Centre account.
As a senior school, do we need to set up two separate accounts as we also host the ISEB Pre-Tests as a school-venue invigilation centre?
Yes, you will need an account for your Senior School Portal (where you will view the applicant records and results) and your Invigilation Centre Portal (so that you can manage the administration of the tests for those wishing to sit the exam at the senior school).
Can the system recognise a through school? In other words, where the Senior School will be hosting the tests for external applicants and the Prep School will be hosting for the internal applicants.
You will need two separate Invigilation Centre Portal accounts if you are expecting internal students to sit at the prep school, and another one for the senior school for external students.

ISEB recommends that the name of your two Invigilation Centres be made as clear as possible for parents when you register for an account, eg
XXXXX SENIOR School
XXXXX PREP School

This field will appear as written by you to parents in the drop down list.
Do schools need to tell ISEB if they will not host the ISEB Pre-Tests as a school-venue invigilation centre?
The Invigilation Centre registration form is a proactive form, any one not wishing to host will simply not complete the form.

FEEDBACK TO ISEB

ISEB welcomes feedback from invigilation centres at any time of the year; comments should be sent to pretests@iseb.co.uk.

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Customer Support

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Information for Schools

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Information for Families

The Families Hub

Common Pre-Tests

Common Entrance (CE) and Common Academic Scholarship (CASE)

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ISEB COMMON PRE-TESTS | INFORMATION FOR INVIGILATION CENTRES

The 2024-25 Pre-Tests session is still open.

All invigilation centres are required to reregister for the 25/26 Testing Session.

What is an invigilation centre?

GUIDANCE & SUPPORT

Guide for Invigilation Centres

Getting started as an Invigilation Centre

Register to become a new Invigilation Centre

Invigilator Script for the ISEB Pre-Tests

The Invigilation Centre Admin Portal

The Knowledge Base

FAQs

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