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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
A Level results ‘good news’ despite top grade drop off in England, says education minister
Ciaran spoke to the education minister Robert Halfon a short time ago and asked him whether the huge...
The South London neighbourhood where tutors charge £10,000 a year and uniform shops sell out before new school term
The leafy area has no less than eight private schools
Assessing pupils under exam conditions avoids plagiarism in age of AI – minister
The ‘dangers’ ‘of generative artificial intelligence in education need to be addressed, the schools minister has said.
Ministers condemned for defending private school fee and holiday cost comparison
Ministers faced claims of having “no clue” after they defended comparing private school fees with the cost of...
Tutoring epidemic helps the well-off game the system
Living on the border of southwest London and Surrey, in a patch where there happen to be five...
Sir Martyn Oliver: what can schools expect from Ofsted’s next chief?
The leader of an academy trust renowned for high suspension rates has been formally nominated by the education...
GCSEs 2023: Prepare for lower results, Keegan tells teachers
The education secretary also expressed a ‘huge thank you’ to school leaders and staff for their work during...
The Great Unbundling
Is the parents’ rights movement opening a new frontier in school choice?
Review of the year: what happened in schools in 2022-23
We take you through Tes’ biggest stories, most important analyses and most read teaching and learning articles of...
What does it mean to be ‘educated’? In Uganda it’s not just schooling that counts
How do you gauge whether someone is educated or not? In many parts of the world, the answer...
AI trend drives rise in students wanting to study computing
School-leavers are choosing computing courses in record numbers, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
SEND: ‘Cost-cutting’ deals could push councils to break law, DfE warned
Fears sounded over whether under-pressure local authorities will ‘fully comply with their legal duties to children and young...