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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
Investigation: teacher deregulation, by the back door
How teaching's graduate status is being eroded
Record numbers of teachers in England quitting profession, figures show
Department for Education survey finds that 40,000 – almost 9% of workforce – left state schools in 2021-22...
Record numbers of teachers in England quitting profession, figures show
Department for Education survey finds that 40,000 – almost 9% of workforce – left state schools in 2021-22...
8 in 10 teachers say pupils’ attention is worse since pandemic
Research shows majority of primary school teachers are dealing with a rise in ‘needless chatter, shouting during instruction...
Nice to teach you: Brucie can help boost children’s speech, says classics professor
Former teacher says learning classical rhetoric can help pupils become better communicators
Why teaching schools about cybersecurity must be top priority
The education sector is becoming increasingly targeted by cyber attackers.
Kilgraston’s demise signals pressure on Scottish private schools
Closure follows Covid impact and decline in demand for boarding, while independent schools’ financial difficulties were highlighted in...
How segregation and selection still dominate NI education
Schools in Northern Ireland have much to boast about in terms of international rankings but there are myriad...
Sats 2023: Reading paper not more difficult, Gibb told
The Standards and Testing Agency tells schools minister that the Sats reading paper was in line with previous...
Why every school needs an emotional literacy support assistant
Training two existing members of staff to provide specialist support to children and their families has helped this...
Podcast: The rise of AI – how global schools respond
The education chief for Globeducate joins the Tes International Podcast to explain how he’s leading the group’s 50-plus...
Languages and creative arts losing favour with GCSE and A-level students
More vocational subjects such as computing and business preferred by those studying in England