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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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Air pollution is not just a human problem – it’s also changing the gut of British bumblebees
A research team from the University of Leicester is investigating air pollution’s effect on the gut of British...
End Of Book Programme ‘Another Blow To Children’
An announcement from the Department of Education that it is no longer able to provide funding for the...
Can I appeal a primary school offer place? Everything you need to know
On Monday 17 April, parents and carers of three and four-year-olds will find out where their child will...
Lancaster University Physics PhD student on official science visit to US Congress
Lancaster University PhD student Ishanee Pophale was among a group of scientists visiting Washington DC to gather congressional...
William Shakespeare facts for kids
Shakespeare day is on the 23rd of April to celebrate the playwright and poet and enjoy his famous...
Attendance: what’s gone wrong and how can we fix it?
Tackling pupil absence has been held up as a priority by successive education ministers, but what lies behind...
How Music Technology Helped My Students Tap Into Their Creativity
Jade’s face peered out at me through the Zoom window, one of 25 faces in an elementary music...
Cambridge University Press drops fees for low-income countries
Publishing giant announces list of more than 100 nations where open access charges will not apply
Cost of travel putting prospective university students off visiting open days
Prospective students are attending fewer university open days when researching where to study due to rising living costs,...
Teachers to seek cost-of-living allowance for working in cities
The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) is to seek a new cost-of-living allowance for teachers working and living...
Primary school children spend less time outdoors, University study finds
Primary school pupils in Scotland spend less time playing and learning outdoors than they did before the Covid...
Bolster adult careers advice now to improve the skills of the UK’s future workforce
A University of Leicester academic has authored a new report advising the Government to do more to improve...