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English Test Centre Guidance

Where to take approved A1/B1 SELT Life Skills tests and how to confirm the correct provider and location.

Who this page is for

  • Applicants preparing A1/B1 tests for FLR, ILR, or naturalisation stages.
  • Sponsors helping applicants pick the correct approved test provider.
  • Applicants confirming UK test-centre locations before booking.

Detailed guidance

English Exam Centres Network

English Exam Centres were listed as offering approved Home Office A1 and B1 tests for Further Leave to Remain, Indefinite Leave to Remain, and British naturalisation.

The listed locations were: Aberdeen, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury, Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Oxford, Peterborough, Preston, Sheffield, and Southampton.

The source contact details were 03333583183 and 02030115183, with website details at www.englishexamcentres.co.uk.

Trinity and Cambridge Centres

Trinity was listed as a major provider with centres across the UK (www.trinitycollege.com).

Cambridge centres were listed in: Bath, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Bury, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chester, Coventry, Cumbria, Eastbourne, East Grinstead, Edinburgh, Harrogate, Hull, Gloucestershire University, Guildford, Hitchin, Inverness, Isle of Man, Jersey, Leeds, Liverpool, Luton, Medway, Melton Mowbray, Newcastle, Newport, Pembrokeshire College, Portsmouth, Reading, Renfrewshire, Rossall, Ruthin, Sidmouth, Southbourne, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Swanage, Swansea, Swindon, Telford, Thanet, Torbay, Warminster, Wolverhampton, Worcester, and York.

The source page directed users to www.cambridgeenglish.org for full details.

Northern Ireland and Booking Check

For Northern Ireland, City & Guilds centres were listed in Bangor and Lurgan.

The source page directed users to www.cityandguilds.com for further details.

Test-provider approvals and locations can change, so final bookings should always be confirmed against the current official provider information.

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