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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...
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MDX Enactus team’s AI assistant App to boost student mental health shines at Tech4Good competition
MDX Enactus Society students were finalists in a contest sponsored by software company SAP at Enactus UK’s National Expo in April, and...
Lack of education funding will be damaging for future of NI, says schools body chief
The chief executive of the Controlled Schools Support Council (CSSC) has accused the Secretary of State of using...
GCSEs: Soaring food prices ‘likely’ to hit grades
Experts say eligibility criteria for free school meals needs ‘urgent review’ as students are going hungry
University Of Sheffield’s Students’ Union Voted Best In UK
The University of Sheffield’s Students’ Union has been voted the Whatuni Student Choice Award 2023 for Best Students’...
Teen working twice as hard to sit GCSEs and Ukrainian equivalent at the same time
Thousands of Year 11 pupils started their GCSE exams in the North East this week after two years...
Inspiring a long-lasting love of language learning
Learning a new language is said to boost brain power, improve memory, enhance multi-tasking ability and improve performance...
North-east school pupils praise new scheme designed to inspire ‘love of language learning’
Scotland’s Languages Explorers Programme involved secondary schools from Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire and saw small groups of learners work...
St Paul’s Students tour Belfast construction sites
Over a dozen girls from the Construction Department at St Paul's High School, Bessbrook recently got a chance...
Government to fund half tutoring scheme costs amid budget concerns from schools
The Department for Education originally planned to pay a quarter of the cost of the National Tutoring Programme...
AI-powered CareersPro platform launched to support careers guidance
Complementing the growth of Learning Curve Group’s existing Ed-Tech solutions, CareersPro is designed to provide individuals, young or...
Human teaching must be at ‘heart of schools’ amid concerns over artificial intelligence, a headteacher says
TEACHER-led education must be at the “heart of schools amid concerns over invidious and dangerous” artificial intelligence (AI),...
‘New grammar schools are so controversial – we need to know what ministers said’
Campaigners have blasted a decision by the government to block the release of information on ministerial discussions about...