Your child will most likely be registered for CE 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 2024.
You can still register your child for the Summer 2024 CE 13+ exam session, which takes place in May/June 2024. To register your child, please contact ISEB through our CE Support Portal.
If you will be registering your child for CE exams, as their current school is unable, 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.
Registration for the Summer 2024 CE 13+ session is open now. Go to the registration form.
Most students take their CE exams 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 invigilation venue 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 invigilation venues 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 with the school in question.
CASE exams are often taken at the senior school to which your child is applying for a scholarship.
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
All examination syllabuses are published below. Please note the dates from which the content of new syllabuses will be examined.
CE at 11+ and 13+
English specification Mathematics specification Science specification
CE/CASE at 13+
Classics specification French specification Geography specification German specification History specification Spanish specification Theology, Philosophy and Religion (TPR) specification
CE at 13+
CE at 13+ examination dates for 2022-2025 CE at 13+ examination timetable for spring 2023 CE at 13+ examination timetable for summer 2024 CE at 13+ examination timetable for autumn 2023
CASE at 13+
CASE dates for 2022-2025 CASE timetable for spring 2024 CASE examination timetable for summer 2024
Need to register your child for the ISEB Pre-Tests? Go to the Pre-Tests Guardian Portal.