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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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Demand for places at Kent grammar schools rises – with 5,500 from outside county taking 11-plus
Hundreds more children took the 11-plus this year - with more than 5,000 youngsters from outside the county...
Aylesbury Vale youngsters pass 11-plus exam after housing association funds free tuition
The pupils gave up their time on Saturday mornings for extra study support funded by Fairhive Homes.
Grammar schools? My focus is on those who don’t get in, says Keegan
New education secretary also says ‘the answer to every problem is not more money’, claiming standards have ‘gone...
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys approaches £1m target for sports facilities
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys (AGSB) is well on the way to its target as it attempts to...
What to know before buying near a grammar school
To boost their family’s fortunes, parents are purchasing near selective schools — but are they all they’re cracked...
Dunoon Grammar crowned World’s Best School for Community Collaboration
Dame Emma Thompson congratulates UK’s Dunoon Grammar School on winning inaugural World’s Best School Prize for Community Collaboration
Kent Test results day 2022: Number of children seeking grammar school place rises
The number of children seeking a grammar school place in Kent has increased significantly this year. Figures released...
Kent Test: Less than half of Kent children pass the 11 plus test – but could you?
Take our quiz and find out if you could get into a grammar school!
Chelmsford grammar school admissions policy ruled unfair
A top Essex grammar school will have to change parts of its admissions policies which had been imposed...
They don’t work’: experts criticise Liz Truss’s grammar schools plan
Government policy faces opposition, with many saying that selection does not improve social mobility
Grammar schools expansion being ‘seriously’ considered by Government
Kit Malthouse, the new Education Secretary, reaffirmed Liz Truss's commitment to lifting the ban on selective schools.
11 plus exam: 24 questions from the test to see if you would be able to pass it
Are you smarter than an 11 year old?