Course overview
The ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) v4.0 course is the ideal starting point for professionals who want to build or advance their career in software testing. This fully accredited ISTQB training course provides a strong foundation in software testing principles and prepares you to pass the ISTQB Foundation Exam with confidence.
The course is based on the official ISTQB Foundation Syllabus v4.0, ensuring your learning aligns with the latest international standards. By studying the ISTQB syllabus, you will gain practical knowledge of core testing concepts, test design techniques, test management, and industry-recognised best practices.
A major benefit of this training is that the ISTQB Foundation Exam fee is included in the course fee. This means you can focus on your learning and exam preparation without worrying about additional costs. Once you successfully pass the exam, you will earn the globally recognised ISTQB CTFL certification, enhancing your credibility and opening pathways to advanced ISTQB certifications. Throughout the course, you will also explore how software testing integrates into different development approaches such as Waterfall, Agile, DevOps, and Continuous Delivery making your skills adaptable to a wide range of projects and organisations. Whether you are based in the UK or abroad, this course is tailored for software testers, developers, QA professionals, and anyone looking to strengthen their testing expertise with a globally trusted ISTQB Foundation qualification. The CTFL 4.0 certification is designed for professionals who want to validate their practical understanding of the core principles of software testing. It is especially relevant for individuals in the following roles: The ISTQB® Certified Tester Scheme supports testing professionals at every stage of their careers, providing both breadth and depth of knowledge. It also offers clear progression opportunities through advanced qualifications, including the Core Advanced, Specialist, and Expert Levels. Earning this certification opens the pathway to the next stage of the Core stream, including Advanced Level options such as Test Analyst, Technical Test Analyst, or Test Manager. Alternatively, candidates can pursue the Agile or Specialist streams to build expertise in specific areas of software testing. The Certified Tester Foundation Level v4.0 Uncovered” webinar. Tailored for both aspiring ISTQB candidates and seasoned testers, the session dove into the updated CTFL v4.0 exam syllabus, highlighting key revisions and enhancements. Attendees gained insight into what’s new, what’s changed, and crucially why these updates matter in modern testing environments. Click here to view the webinar ISTQB® (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) established the globally-recognised certified tester scheme to: Course highlights
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Ashwini Nayak| Quality Engineer| American Express –
Overall course was good
Stephanie Lee| Test Analyst| Computacenter –
it has been a good experience, John as been very thorough when explaining.
Nicole Jeffery| Quality Assurance Specialist| Smartbox Assistive Technology –
John was great – really knowledgeable. We went through all of the content at the right pace, and had breaks at the appropriate times. The content when thrown at you can be a bit dry, but the practical applications, John’s writing throughout, and the mix of lecture to test questions made the course enjoyable. It would be nice to get other people’s details who are taking the course to learn from one another as well.
Yukimi Nishiguchi| Functional Test Analysis| Ocado –
Very good course and easy to understand.
Christine Milne| Actuarial Modelling Quality Analyst| Hymans Robertson –
I found three full days over zoom, primarily focussed on following a 260+ slide deck, very difficult to remain focussed and engaged. Half days of slides with more interaction would be my preference if I have to do a similar course online. The most valuable parts of the course were the recaps at the beginning of the day, the exercises, homework and sharing real world examples. I would have preferred more exam style questions and discussions throughout.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to address a very uncomfortable part of the course on day 2 when one candidate was quite persistent with his point regarding an answer to one of the questions. I found the candidate to be rude and disrespectful to the tutor and the group. It made me feel uncomfortable and very anxious listening to this (through my headset for at least ten minutes) that I had to walk away from my laptop and take a break from the course. This was extremely frustrating and had this been a face-to-face tutorial, I suspect it may have been handled differently. I want to thank the tutor for his composure and getting the course back on track. I just wanted to point this out to tsg as it may go unnoticed to the tutors, especially while the course remains virtual, how these sort of events can impact other peoples experience and their wellbeing on a course. Given the nature of the issue, I certainly didn’t feel comfortable raising this at the time.
dominic.cooper –
Very well lead course, John was very clear, and created a positive learning environment. Well structured course with good walkthroughs of in class examples and debriefing of sample exam questions.
jaxkershaw –
A brilliantly executed course by a man who really knows his stuff but thee is so much information to take in!
becky.sullivan –
Very informative, knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. John explained everything with his notes and annotations
daniel.chiviliev –
Fantastic work by John. Very detailed and meaningful explanations.
khushboo.srivastava2 –
Awesome course material
thomas.gascoyne –
Intense but very useful
rhys.mogford –
John was useful, well rounded at explaining and had many examples up his sleeve to use to explain concepts and examples.
He took time to listen to why we as a group answered some questions incorrectly, and was friendly and jovial throughout what is quite literally a very material intensive 3 days cram course!
rachel.thomas –
John was really excellent, one of the best trainers I have done a course with. He is extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic even after several days of the course.
theo.rudman –
Very friendly and professional trainer
sobulachi.chinda –
Very thorough. well spaced out with breaks
monica.manjoosha –
Was good but did not stick to scheduled times.
subhasree.chatterjee –
It was a 3 day training course and our trainer Ms Angelina really explained the topics very well.
At the end of each topic she checked our knowledge to make sure we are following and also kept the session very interactive and engaging. I will really like to join another course with her as a trainer.
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joel.braithwaite001 –
Although the syllabus was hard to follow for me personally the trainer did a great job and getting me through it all. I’m not feeling overly confident for the test but fingers crossed a lot more revision between now and then will get me over the line. Thanks
jack.blacklaws –
Angelina is an excellent trainer, obviously very experienced both in the subject being covered and teaching it. She constantly sought to engage the delegates, to ensure we were all absorbing the course material. I was extremely impressed with her conduct.
However, I do think the course maybe needs an extra day of learning. We were covering a lot of terminology and concepts and were in some areas forced to go quickly through things. And we only had time for a 45 minute lunch break, which I felt could be an hour if we had another day to work with!
geetha.sadasivam –
It was good to know lots of terms , which is new to me