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Eleven Plus Exams Tuition shortlisted for National Tutoring Awards 2026
We are thrilled to announce that Eleven Plus Exams will be supporting the National Tutoring Awards 2026 as Platinum Sponsors, and that we have also been...
Eleven Plus Exams Finalists at the Education Resources Awards 2026
We’re proud to share more exciting news from a remarkable season of recognition. For the second year in a row, Eleven Plus Exams is honoured to...
Eleven Plus Exams signs the Publishers Association’s new Publishing Inclusion Pledge
Eleven Plus Exams has joined over 50 publishing industry colleagues as a founding signatory of the Publishing Inclusion Pledge 2026-28, launched last week by the Publishers...
Eleven Plus Exams CEO named The Enterprise World’s Most Influential Business Leader to Follow 2026
We are delighted to announce that Eleven Plus Exams CEO, Ilesh Kotecha, has been named one of The Enterprise World’s Most Influential Business Leaders to Follow...
Eleven Plus Exams Named Finalist at the GESS Awards 2025
We are delighted to share that Eleven Plus Exams was named a finalist in the GESS (Global Educational Supplies and Solutions) Education Awards 2025. The awards...
Eleven Plus Exams at the National Tutors’ Conference 2025
Eleven Plus Exams showcased our products, services and expertise at the 2025 National Tutors’ Conference, hosted by the Tutors' Association, at The Royal Lancaster Hotel in...
Finalists for Online School of the Year in the National Tutoring Awards 2025
We’re proud to share that Eleven Plus Exams Tuition was named a Finalist for Online School of the Year at the National Tutoring Awards 2025, held...
Eleven Plus Exams CEO finalist in the 2025 Allica Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards
Eleven Plus Exams’ CEO and founder, Ilesh Kotecha, has been named a finalist in the 2025 Allica Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards, shortlisted in the Technology...
Eleven Plus Exams CEO named EdTech Innovation CEO of the Year
Eleven Plus Exams’ CEO, Ilesh Kotecha, has been named one of the recipients of the CEO of the Year Awards UK 2025, presented by the Excellence...
Eleven Plus Exams Finalists in the Education Resources Awards 2025
The Education Resources Awards 2025 shortlist has been announced! Eleven Plus Exams are thrilled to be selected as finalists in the following categories: Supplier of the...
Eleven Plus Exams Finalists in EducationInvestor Awards 2025
Eleven Plus Exams are delighted to announce that we have been selected as finalists in the EducationInvestor Awards 2025, organised by Nexus Media Group, in the...
Celebrating 20 Years of Eleven Plus Exams
Our site, elevenplusexams.co.uk, was founded in August 2004 along with our 11 Plus Exams Forum, the nation’s most trusted, free, impartial source of 11+ advice. We’re...
People’s Choice for Tuition Partner of the Year 2024
It was an honour to receive the People’s Choice Award for Tuition Partner 2024 at the National Tutoring Awards last Friday. This year's awards ceremony was...
News Archive
Latest Ofsted report and rating for Bingley Grammar School
ONE of the Bradford district's biggest schools "continues to be good" according to its latest Ofsted report.
Bradford Grammar: “My daughter’s regained her love of school”
Every summer the Bradford Grammar Junior School buddies get to work, scribbling words of welcome onto their postcards...
Colchester Royal Grammar School bans beards and facial hair
PUPILS are furious after a school banned beards and facial hair in its strict behaviour policy.
Yorkshire school Queen Margaret’s School for Girls wins Small Independent School of the Year at the Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2023 as head of school praises staff for representing innovation and development in education in the north
A headteacher at Queen Margaret’s School for Girls based in York has praised her staff for representing the...
Medway Test results released, with 847 students eligible for grammar school places
This year 3,906 children took the test, which is designed to select students to attend grammar school, including...
Rishi Sunak scraps A-levels and T-levels as he combines them into a new international baccalaureate-style ‘Advanced British Standard’ with pupils to study at least five subjects including some form of maths and English to age 18
Rishi Sunak today announced plans to scrap A-levels and T-levels by combining them into a new single qualification known...
Editorial: Grammar school system lets Northern Ireland sidestep the VAT private school fees row in England
A major political row about education is brewing on the mainland, and is set to last until next...
Labour’s tax plans fuel demand for homes near grammar schools
With the party seeking to levy VAT on school fees, savvy parents are moving into grammar catchment areas
English regions dominated by grammar schools do not improve grades, study says
Pupils in grammar school areas experience little boost in results, while grades among brightest may actually be lower
Ministers intervene to delay grammar schools expansion plan
Council says changes will pave way to admit more pupils into its selective schools
To Fix Students’ Bad Behavior, Stop Punishing Them
Collaborative methods for handling misconduct make their way to the classroom
‘No evidence’ selective school systems boost outcomes
'Small' positive boost to grammar school pupils 'wiped out' by lesser progress of those who don't get in,...