ISEB PRE-TESTS REGISTRATION GUIDANCE

The ISEB Pre-Tests: information for parents/guardians

What are they?

The ISEB Pre-Tests (11+) provide a set of four online entrance assessments that a wide range of senior schools accept, allowing pupils to sit the tests once and have their results shared with all of the senior schools they have applied to.

Senior schools are able to compare results from all of their applicants, no matter where or when they sat the tests, as they are ‘common’ to all pupils.

The results are standardised against a sample of pupils applying for independent school admission, giving consistency across each cohort of pupils.

What do I need to do?

Registration information for 2025-26

As the parent/guardian you will be required to register your child for the ISEB Pre-Tests through the ISEB Guardian Portal. If your child will be taking the tests between September 2025 and May 2026, you will be able to register them from 10 June 2025.

Parent/guardian registration is:

• Free: there will be no charge to parents/guardians for registering children for the new ISEB Pre-Tests
• Simple: registration will be completed through an easy-to-use Guardian Portal
• Quick: you will only need to register your child for the test once, no matter how many different schools they are applying to
• Editable: you may return to the admissions portal to add to or amend your child’s registration

What information will I need?

Personal information (the applicant):

• Legal First Name, Middle Name, Surname
• Date of Birth
• Gender
• Current School
• Your relationship to the applicant

Other information

• Invigilation centre
• SEND status
• EAL status

What if I have any questions?

We recommend that you join our mailing list to keep up to date, but we are always here for any queries drop us a line at pretests@iseb.co.uk.