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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
Preparing for school transfer test – I’m nowhere near close to ready
More than 35 years ago I did the eleven plus. My memories of that time are patchy, although...
Cost of living: Mums say careers hurt by high nursery fees
New mothers face falling back in their careers because childcare costs make it "impossible" to go back to...
Headteacher conference: Curriculum for Wales and School Improvement
As we look back over the first year of the Curriculum for Wales, it must be said that...
Head teachers’ union overwhelmingly rejects government’s latest pay offer
TORY ministers are “turning their backs on children,” the leader of a head teachers’ union warned today after...
Young people need meaningful involvement in local authority environmental policy – new report
A new report has called on local authorities to meaningfully involve young people in environmental policy after research...
Schools Need Nurses
Schools and society are not creating happy, healthy 18-year-olds, ready to meet the challenges of the modern world.
Raise wage offer and prevent more university strikes, says UNISON
Staff are already leaving for better-paid jobs in supermarkets, warehouses and coffee shops.
Impact of video-based learning in business statistics: a longitudinal study
Many undergraduate business students in the United Kingdom (UK) find themselves during the initial stages of their degree...
OfS to create £40m fund to boost degree apprenticeship take-up
Office for Students confirms fund can be used for existing providers and those delivering degree apprenticeships for the...
More than 600 Jersey students left waiting for student loans
Hundreds of students from Jersey have been left waiting for their student loans after an administrative delay.
Ofsted inspections not fit for purpose, says Swindon teacher
A Swindon teacher spends “two days on edge” before an Ofsted inspection, they have said as controversy into the watchdog’s...
School leaders should refuse to work as Ofsted inspectors, says union
Delegates at the National Education Union’s conference voted for a campaign to be launched calling for Ofsted to...