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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.
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 independent exam venue, known as a ‘non-school venue’, such as a British Council
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
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.
The Invigilation Centre registration form is a proactive form, any one not wishing to host will simply not complete the form.
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).
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.
Parents/guardians can continue to complete other sections of in the Guardian Portal, save their progress and return to their account when they have the information they need.
In the first instance, parents/guardians will be advised that the current school is the best place for their child to sit their tests. If they cannot be accommodated at their current school ISEB will recommend 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, non-school venue invigilation centre can be found. Parents and guardians can contact ISEB for support sourcing an approved non-school venue invigilation centre, please email: pretests@iseb.co.uk
Parents/guardians will then be able to log back into their Guardian Portal and add the Invigilation Centre once confirmed.
ISEB recommends in the first instance that a pupil sits the ISEB Pre-Tests at their current junior/prep school.
If this is not possible, many senior schools who use the ISEB Pre-Tests as part of their admissions process can act as ‘school venue invigilation centres’ and can administer the ISEB Pre-Tests.
If the pupils current and prospective school both can not accommodate the test, ISEB recommend parents and guardians contact ISEB for support sourcing an approved independent invigilation centre. These venues are known as ‘non-school invigilation centres’.
Yes, if you only want them to sit at the senior school then just create a Senior School Invigilation Centre account.
ISEB welcomes feedback from invigilation centres at any time of the year; comments should be sent to pretests@iseb.co.uk.
Click here to request a Pre-Tests invigilation centre account