11 Plus Archive
11 plus exam: 24 questions from the test to see if you would be able to pass it
Are you smarter than an 11 year old?
Take the 11+ test and see if you could get into a grammar school
We bet you get at least a couple wrong - it's not as easy as you might think!
Lord Kinnock: ‘Passing the 11-plus was the path to liberation’
In the first of a new series, the former Labour leader reflects on how his education shaped him
A tale of two sisters and the eleven-plus
It was results day and the news was starting to sink in. I had passed my eleven-plus. My sister had not
Primary schools with highest 11+ success rate revealed
Half the intake starting this year at one of the toughest schools to win a place in Essex came from 20 primary schools, figures have shown.
The golden age of the grammar schools
Some lucky parents have already solved their school and university problems. They have managed to insert their young into state grammar schools. If all goes according...
City grammar schools to press ahead with 11-plus exams
Catholic grammar schools in Belfast and Derry have, as expected, confirmed they will ask children to sit entrance tests this winter. Amid calls for clarity from...
Could Bucks 11+ exams be delayed because of coronavirus?
A formal decision on what to do with the secondary transfer tests will be made within the next two weeks, according to an officer at Buckinghamshire...
Plans made for Lincolnshire 11+ exams amidst coronavirus pandemic
Plans for this year's 11+ testing have been modified in light of the disruption caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The arrangements for 11+ testing are...
Simon Doyle: 11-plus exams for undersubscribed schools are pointless
WHETHER you support the notion of academic selection or not - the 11-plus is a simple way of deciding who gets a place if a school...
Primary principals join growing surge of opposition to 11-plus exams
PRIMARY principals have joined the growing surge of opposition to 11-plus exams going ahead this winter. A small number of grammar schools have said they will...
Social distancing concerns over planned 11-plus tests
GRAMMAR schools must enforce strict social distancing of pupils if they insist on running entrance exams this winter, it has been urged. The organisations that operate...