The Common Entrance Examinations are a feature peculiar to a majority of those fee-paying schools in the UK, which are categorised as preparatory schools (primary) and public schools (secondary). In order to assess their suitability for the public school of their parents' choice, each child sits a Common Entrance examination in their final year of preparatory school.

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  • The Common Entrance Examinations are a feature peculiar to a majority of those fee-paying schools in the UK, which are categorised as preparatory schools (primary) and public schools (secondary). In order to assess their suitability for the public school of their parents' choice, each child sits a Common Entrance examination in their final year of preparatory school. The examination papers are identical or 'common' within each subject, however individual responses are personally identifiable and are assessed exclusively by staff at the school or schools to which he or she is applying to join. This distinguishes the Common Entrance examination from examinations for nationally recognised qualifications, such as GCSE, where responses are anonymous and assessment is by professional examiners. It therefore remains entirely at the discretion of individual public schools to award marks and offer places on the strength of them. However in practice there is enough contact between preparatory and public schools that the expectations of both sides are rarely disappointed.
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  • The Common Entrance Examinations are a feature peculiar to a majority of those fee-paying schools in the UK, which are categorised as preparatory schools (primary) and public schools (secondary). In order to assess their suitability for the public school of their parents' choice, each child sits a Common Entrance examination in their final year of preparatory school.
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  • Common Entrance Examination
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