Become a preparation centre for Cambridge exams
What your school gets
- A profile on ispiti.org
- Your own page with a description of the school, its logo, contact details and the exams you prepare for. Candidates and parents look there for a school in their town.
- A partner badge
- A badge showing your partnership level and the school year, for your website, your promotional materials and the entrance to your school.
- Teacher seminars
- Free seminars on preparing candidates for Cambridge exams, for the teachers at your school.
- Mock Speaking tests
- Our examiners take your learners through the Speaking test just as it runs in the exam.
How we work with preparation centres
We have been a preparation centre ourselves for more than thirty years, so we know what a school needs from an exam centre.
- You enter your candidates through the preparation centre portal, all at once.
- The certificates arrive at your school, and you hand them to your learners. Confirmations of entry can arrive the same way, if we agree on that.
- We know every centre, and we arrange with you everything that is needed for your learners to be looked after on the day of the exam.
- We also run the exams from A2 Key to C2 Proficiency digitally, with results in 5 to 10 working days.
- We also work with preparation centres beyond exams, on Erasmus+ and other international projects.
Why an external exam
Parents want to know who, apart from the school itself, confirms their child's progress. On the page for parents we advise them to ask every school that question, and we point them to the list of preparation centres.
A school whose learners take a Cambridge exam has a simple answer: a result measured by someone else, on a scale that applies all over the world.
Our courses in Zagreb
In Zagreb we also run our own short preparation courses. They are meant for candidates who do not attend any language school. We direct anyone who is already learning at a school to prepare there, and we show candidates from other towns the preparation centres in their own town.
Three levels of partnership
The level depends on the number of candidates the school has entered for exams.
The entry level. The school is on the list and on the map of preparation centres.
The school is listed ahead of Approved partners.
The school is first on the list and highlighted on the map.
All partners get a profile on ispiti.org, the badge, teacher seminars and mock Speaking tests. The level decides the school's place on the list and on the map.
The badge is a mark of exam centre HR015. The official Cambridge preparation centre logo is awarded by Cambridge, on its own terms.
How to become a preparation centre
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Get in touch
Send an enquiry from this page or write to us by e-mail.
- 2
We agree the exams and sessions
Together we choose the exams for your groups and the sessions that suit your school year.
- 3
We open the portal for you
You get access to the preparation centre portal, through which you enter your candidates.
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Your school is on the map
We publish your school's profile and send you your partner badge.
Send an enquiry
Tell us a little about your school. We will reply with a suggestion of exams and sessions.
Already a preparation centre? Log in to the preparation centre portal
Questions from schools
Do our learners have to travel to the exam?
We hold exams in Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Čakovec and Vinkovci. Learners take the exam in the city nearest to them, in a session that we agree with you.
Who enters the candidates, the school or the parents?
Whichever suits you. The school can enter the candidates itself, through the portal, and then the certificates arrive at the school. Candidates can also apply individually.
Which exams can we prepare for?
All of them: from Starters, Movers and Flyers for the youngest to C2 Proficiency. You can start with one exam and widen what you offer from year to year.
What if our teachers have not prepared candidates for Cambridge exams before?
That is what the teacher seminars are for. Cambridge also publishes free teacher handbooks and sample tests for every exam.