Common Entrance (CE) | Examination Centre Registration Form

Common Entrance at 13+ (CE) examinations have been the transition assessment of choice for Britain’s top independent schools since 1903 and cover a wide set of subjects, with transition assessments available in over eight different subject areas for pupils in Years 7 and 8.

The candidates will most likely be registered for the Common Entrance (CE) examinations by their current independent prep or junior school.

However, if the candidate’s current school does not use CE or the candidate currently attends a state or international school, their guardian may need to register them with ISEB directly.

All pupils taking the CE examinations must do so at a registered and approved examination centre. An examination centre for CE 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
• Other educational and governmental venue: an approved educational or governmental independent exam venue, known as a ‘non-school venue’, such as a British Council

If international, state, or non-school venues would like to act as an examination centre for CE, please complete the form below.

Prep schools in the UK or schools registering their own candidates do not need to register as examination centres; all schools registering candidates for the examinations automatically act as examination centres but are not required to host external candidates.

Schools can register their candidates for the examinations through the Examinations and Qualifications Registration Area.