Your child will most likely be registered for CE examinations by their current independent prep or junior school. However, if your child’s current school does not use CE or your child currently attends a state school, you may need to register them through the ISEB website.
Please check with your child’s current school if they intend to register your child for the upcoming session to avoid duplicate registrations. The senior school to which your child is applying can also advise whether or not you need to register your child.
Students who are put forward for scholarship examinations, CASE, will likely be registered by the senior school to which they are applying. However, it is worth checking this with the senior school directly.
The next exam session for CE and CASE will take place in Summer 2025. Online registration for this session will open on 21 January 2025.
You can ask the candidate’s current school to register as an examination centre, by filling out the CE Examination Centre Registration Form.
If you will be registering your child for CE exams, as their current school is unable to do so, please ensure you only register your child for their first-choice senior school when using the registration system. This is to ensure that examination papers are correctly dispatched to their current school and marking packs to the senior school.
If your child does not gain entry to their first-choice senior school, you will need to request your first-choice senior school to forward the completed exam papers to your second-choice school via secure post.
Most students take their CE examinations at their current prep/junior school. If your child’s current school is not able to do so, you will need to source an appropriate examination centre in agreement with the senior school to which you are applying. ISEB advise all parents to speak to the senior school to which they are applying to confirm details of appropriate alternative examination centres to ensure exam integrity and aid the overall admissions process.
It may be possible for the senior school to which your child is applying to invigilate; however, this must be confirmed in advance by the school in question.
CASE exams are often taken at the senior school to which your child applies for a scholarship.
Once the team has reviewed your registration you will be given details to pay the examination fees.
Examination fees – 11+
Examination fee when taken in the UK – £130 Examination to be taken in the EU, including channel islands – £170 Examination to be taken outside the EU – £185
Examination fees – 13+
Examination fee when taken in the UK – £140 Examination to be taken in the EU, including channel islands – £200 Examination to be taken outside the EU – £220
You can find subject-specific information, including the syllabus and specimen paper linked below and our examination timetable here.
Should you wish to purchase old papers to practise for the examinations, you can find them in our shop. For more information on how to prepare for the examinations, please visit this page.
Need to register your child for the ISEB Pre-Tests? Go to the Pre-Tests Guardian Portal.
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