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COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS GENERAL INFORMATION FOR PARENTS The Common Entrance examinations are used for assessing boys and girls who transfer to senior schools at the ages of 11+ and 13+. The syllabuses are devised and regularly monitored by the Independent Schools Examinations Board, composed of representatives from the Headmasters' Conference, the Girls' Schools Association and the Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools. The papers are set by examiners appointed by the Board, but the answers are marked by the senior school for which a candidate is entered. Candidates may normally be entered only if:
Where candidates are at schools in membership of the Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools and at certain other schools and tutorial centres regularly entering candidates, they are entered by their school for the examination on a form provided automatically by the Administrator. Where candidates are at schools which do not normally enter candidates for the examination, parents should complete a registration form which can be printed by clicking on one of the links below.
Candidates are entered for the examinations according to age at entry to senior school. Examination papers are set for entry at the ages of 11+ or 13+ and candidates should take the papers for their correct age group unless otherwise arranged with the senior school. It is expected that most candidates will take the examination at their own school in the UK and overseas. Where it is not possible for a candidate to take the examination in his/her present school, it is the responsibility of parents to make an arrangement with a private invigilator. Such a person should be either a head or teacher at a local school or a person of such professional standing as to ensure the integrity of the examination. Sometimes the senior school for which the candidate is entered can provide invigilation. The 13+ examination may be taken in either the spring or the summer school term. The 11+ examination is taken in the spring term. A candidate may be registered at a second senior school. It is important that the parents have previously obtained the agreement of that school to be second choice. If a candidate fails to gain entry to the first-choice senior school, the scripts will be forwarded by that senior school to the second-choice senior school. Subjects Queries about options should be addressed to the senior school for which the candidate is registered. Examination
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