11 Plus Archive
Grammar schools hold key to unlocking 11-plus ‘debacle’
GRAMMAR schools hold the key to solving the 11-plus "debacle", a teacher and councillor has said. Unregulated entrance tests are due to take place in November...
Education secretary addresses 11-plus issues – amid calls to cancel it completely this year
The education secretary says he is looking at the 11-plus system in Bucks amid fears disadvantaged children could miss out on places because of the coronavirus...
11-plus exams ‘should be scrapped’ this year
A GROUP campaigning to return 11-plus exams to primary schools has said the assessments should be scrapped this year. The two organisations that operate the unregulated...
11-plus test delay to be challenged in courts
THE mother of a 10-year-old girl is to legally challenge the decision to hold grammar school entrance exams this winter.
ANALYSIS: Cancelling 11-plus tests now would risk creating chaos
TRANSFER tests are postponed for two weeks - at least for now. There was a line in the PPTC statement that hinted this might not be...
Predicted grades for 11-plus exams ‘not workable’
USING predicted grades and scrapping 11-plus exams this year would be unworkable and opposed by schools, assembly members have been told. The two groups who operate...
11-plus exams postponed for two weeks
GRAMMAR school entrance exams have been postponed to allow children more time to prepare when they return to classrooms. The two groups that run the tests...