Key Points
- All AQE schools will be using the Common Entrance Assessment
- Tests are held in participating grammar schools, you list three schools in order of preference.
- The CEA is based on three one-hour exams, best two marks count.
- Child only has to do two of the three papers if they wish.
- No supplementary paper.
- The Common Entrance Assessment test is based on the NICCEA(Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment) specification for the 2007/2008 Transfer Tests.
- The difference between the CEA and the old transfer test is that this new test will not include any of the Science or Technology elements.
- Essentially this new Common Entrance Assessment is the Mathematics and English sections of the old transfer test.
- You will therefore be able to use existing Transfer Test practice materials to help your child prepare for the Common Entrance Assessment.
From my research so far I have found that most books and papers are cheaper to buy online, the main highstreet bookshops seem to add a considerable markup. I have also found a couple of free sample papers from different websites.
As I find new materials I will add the links to the AQE Exam Resources Page, I will also add links to any books that I can find that will help.
AQE Forms
AQE Information Documents
Guidelines for parents on Special Circumstances
Guidelines on non-English Speaking
Guidelines for emergency access
AQE Fee
£38 non refundable
AQE Registration Dates
Registation begins Monday 16th May 2011
Closing date for applications Friday 16th September 2011
Closing date for Access Forms Friday 23rd September 2011
AQE Assessment Dates 2011
Saturday 12th November 2011 at 10.00 am
Saturday 26th November 2011 at 10.00 am
Saturday 3rd December 2011 at 10.00 am
AQE Contact Information
AQE Office
5-17 Cliftonville Road
BELFAST
BT14 6JL
Tel: (028) 90753746
Email address: aqeoffice1@yahoo.co.uk
AQE Exam Resources
