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What is Common Entrance?
• Common Entrance (often shortened
to CE) is the name for the 11+ and 13+
exams provided by the Independent
Schools Examinations Board (ISEB).
• Independent schools which
prepare children for Common
Entrance follow the ISEB Common
Entrance syllabuses.
• The Common Entrance exams are
created by ISEB and marked by
the senior school for which the child
has applied.
• Common Entrance is strongly
supported by many of the top
independent prep and senior schools
in the UK. ISEB publishes lists of the
schools which use Common Entrance
on their website:
iseb.co.uk.• The Common Entrance syllabuses
and exams are renowned for
being rigorous and challenging
and providing a strong academic
grounding in preparation for
senior school.
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