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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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Expansion plans for Borden Grammar School in Sittingbourne approved
A grammar school's expansion plans have been approved, despite concerns over its impact on a First World War...
The best grammar schools in the UK for getting a place at Oxbridge
Use our interactive tools to show results for grammar schools across the country, or search by your postcode...
The golden age of the grammar schools
Some lucky parents have already solved their school and university problems. They have managed to insert their young...
City grammar schools to press ahead with 11-plus exams
Catholic grammar schools in Belfast and Derry have, as expected, confirmed they will ask children to sit entrance...
Could Bucks 11+ exams be delayed because of coronavirus?
A formal decision on what to do with the secondary transfer tests will be made within the next...
Plans made for Lincolnshire 11+ exams amidst coronavirus pandemic
Plans for this year's 11+ testing have been modified in light of the disruption caused by the ongoing...
Simon Doyle: 11-plus exams for undersubscribed schools are pointless
WHETHER you support the notion of academic selection or not - the 11-plus is a simple way of...
Grammar schools fail to fill places – but ask children to sit entrance exams
CHILDREN have been awarded grammar school places for the autumn regardless of their performance in 11-plus style exams.
Are 11-plus grammar school exams still going ahead in Bucks?
EDUCATION chiefs in Buckinghamshire are considering delaying the county’s ‘11-plus’ exams in response to the coronavirus pandemic. A...
Primary principals join growing surge of opposition to 11-plus exams
PRIMARY principals have joined the growing surge of opposition to 11-plus exams going ahead this winter. A small...
Social distancing concerns over planned 11-plus tests
GRAMMAR schools must enforce strict social distancing of pupils if they insist on running entrance exams this winter,...
Grammar schools hold key to unlocking 11-plus ‘debacle’
GRAMMAR schools hold the key to solving the 11-plus "debacle", a teacher and councillor has said. Unregulated entrance...