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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
‘The task is impossible’: three teachers on why they are quitting
Citing rising demands, low pay and budget pressures, teachers in England are leaving the profession in record numbers
What can drawings tell us about children’s perceptions of nature?
The growing disconnect between children and nature has led to concerns around the loss of ecological knowledge and...
The UK’s top universities reached an agreement on how to deal with generative AI
The technology can be seen as an “opportunity rather than a threat” to academic integrity
The Education Exchange: Why Can’t Johnny Read? Because Only a Quarter of Teacher-Prep Programs Are Teaching Reading Instruction Well
New review of almost 700 elementary-ed teacher preparation programs finds many courses don't align with "science of reading"
If you think absent pupils are skiving, just try spending a day in a school
Children are struggling, resources are being cut and teachers are burning out. Yet politicians blame everyone but themselves
Police investigate stolen exam papers after cyber attack
Schools Week understands the incident relates to a school’s email system being hacked
Grammar school inclusion plan had little impact, DfE admits
Government tells selective schools to 'challenge themselves to do more' as proportion of poorer pupils rises by just...
Changes to science and languages in new Wales GCSEs puts pupils at ‘disadvantage’, says students
Changes to GCSEs in Wales, which include fewer science and literature qualifications, puts pupils at a "disadvantage", says...
Over 500,000 Pupils in England attend unsafe schools, watchdog warns
New research from the National Audit Office (NAO) has found the government does not have sufficient information to...
Number of non-Kent children offered grammar school places revealed with Dartford Grammar School ranking top
The number of pupils who were offered a grammar school place while living outside the county has been...
Ofsted crisis: Scrap 1-word judgements, says Wilshaw
‘I’ve changed my mind,’ says former Ofsted chief, who tells Tes he now supports Labour’s proposed ‘report cards’...
AI: Keegan calls for evidence over use and risks in schools
The government will seek views on the positive potential of AI in education as well as the risks...