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Events, Teachers, Schools 16 September 2021

Come and see us at the IAPS Conference 22-24 September

This year, come and visit ISEB on stand 22 as the IAPS conference explores the theme ’emerging with ambition’ and our Chair, Durell Barnes and new CEO Julia Martin speak in...

General 14 September 2021

New Logo, New ISEB: The Story Behind the Design

Those of you joining us at the GSA Summer Briefing in June may have seen our new CEO, Julia Martin, present ISEB’s aims for the future, where we teased...

Common Pre-Tests 25 November 2020

Increase in Registrations for ISEB Common Pre-Tests

  ISEB has been pleased to welcome many more schools to the Common Pre-Tests this year, with registrations continuing to rise. Some of this activity has arisen as a...

Common Entrance, Families, Families Hub

An introduction to ISEB Common Entrance (CE)

ISEB stands for the Independent Schools Examinations Board–and a lot more besides. It is, essentially, ‘what it says on the tin’, an examination board for the independent sector, positioned...

Families Hub

THE PLATE TECTONICS OF EXAMS AND ASSESSMENTS

In an ever-changing landscape, Simon Larter-Evans, Headmaster at St Paul’s Cathedral School, explores what schools can do to assuage the anxiety of parents and pupils as they approach the...

Families Hub

POSITIVE IMPACTS OF COMMON ENTRANCE ON PUPILS

“CE is so much more than an entrance exam. It is a curriculum.” Chairman of the Independent Schools’ Council, Barney Lenon, on the impact of CE and the motivation...

Families Hub

A HELPING HAND

Will Orr-Ewing is Founder and Director of Keystone Tutors and offers his perspective on CE and the benefits — and pitfalls — of tutoring children to pass admissions tests....

Families Hub

CHOOSING 11+ OR 13+ SENIOR SCHOOL ENTRY

Head Jane Gandee and Head of Prep Jonathan Brough at St Swithun’s Girls’ boarding school in Winchester talk about the decision parents make as to the entry point their...

Families Hub

LOOKING AHEAD

As the new Head of Dragon School in Oxford, and winner of ‘Best Head of a Prep School’ at the 2019 Tatler Awards, Emma Goldsmith is used to advising...

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