CANDIDATE REGISTRATION FOR THE iPQ

You will need information about your school and yourself, and information about the candidates you are registering.

About you and your school:

• Your name
• Your job title
• Your school’s name
• Your email address
• Your phone number
• Your purchase order number/reference
• The iPQ window you are registering candidates into.

About each candidate:

• First name
• Last name
• Full name to be printed on the certificate
• Date of birth
• School year
• iPQ Level

You will need to populate the iPQ Candidate Registration Upload Template spreadsheet for 2023-24, which is provided by ISEB, and upload via the online iPQ registration form.

To register candidates for the iPQ, schools will need to first populate the iPQ Candidate Registration Upload Template spreadsheet. The template spreadsheet will be provided by ISEB in .Excel format.

Simply populate the relevant upload spreadsheet with the information for each candidate. This can be done in your own time, allowing you to build it up over time and review the information within it. You can submit your spreadsheet whenever you are ready, as long as it is before the registration deadline.

Please note that the spreadsheet must be saved as a .CSV (comma delimited) file for uploading through the online registration forms.

Each candidate is entered into the iPQ Candidate Registration Upload Template spreadsheet on a separate line.

Read our support article on how to populate the iPQ Candidate Registration Upload Template spreadsheets, and prepare them for upload via the new online registration forms.

Please enter the candidate’s first name and last name. If the candidate has a different name that they prefer to appear on their certificate, this can be entered in the ‘preferred full name for certificate’ column. Please enter this in sentence case i.e. James Smith, and please check spelling and punctuation carefully as the names on the certificates will appear as entered into the spreadsheet.

Please select the candidate’s School Year and iPQ Level from the options in the drop-down lists.

We advise that you do not upload your until you have full information for all candidates. You will be able to reupload the iPQ Candidate Registration Upload Template spreadsheet – this will override any previous uploads, so it should always include ALL candidates, not only those being added or changed.

Support and guidance is available on our iPQ Support Portal. Here you will find a range of helpful articles and FAQs, and you can also submit an enquiry via the online ticket submission form.

Access the iPQ Support Portal

The candidate registration system has been designed so that schools can use the same account for registering candidates for CE, CASE, or the iPQ, and ordering past CE papers.

It means that all CE and iPQ administration is done in one place, and records of registrations and orders can be seen in the same account dashboard.

ISEB School Accounts put schools in control – they have been designed to allow schools to add and edit users directly. Each account has one or more Admins, who can add users and set user roles and permissions. Each user on the account has their own login, using their own email address and password for added security.

Please note that administration for the Common Pre-Tests is still completed via the new Guardian, Invigilation Centre and Senior School Portals.

Find out more about ISEB School Accounts and how they work

Once a school has submitted a candidate registration, a copy of the .CSV file submitted, as well as a PDF summary of the information submitted, will become available in the school’s ISEB School Account dashboard. These can be downloaded from the dashboard.