Grammar Schools Archive
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...
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...
Grammar schools fail to fill places – but ask children to sit entrance exams
CHILDREN have been awarded grammar school places for the autumn regardless of their performance in 11-plus style exams.
Are 11-plus grammar school exams still going ahead in Bucks?
EDUCATION chiefs in Buckinghamshire are considering delaying the county’s ‘11-plus’ exams in response to the coronavirus pandemic. A formal decision on what to do with the...
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...
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...
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...