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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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Now Teach: DfE axes funding for recruitment programme
Ex-DfE advisor and former education secretary criticise funding cut amid recruitment and retention crisis
Primary schools in Britain are beginning to close
A baby bust is starting to work its way through the system
Brighton College ranked as one of the top UK private schools
Brighton College is ranked as one of the top UK private schools for senior students.
Almost 9 in 10 teachers see increase in pupils’ mental health issues in last year, poll finds
When members of the National Education Union were asked about the prevalence of mental health issues among students...
Teachers speak out as damning survey reveals 90 per cent don’t back Ofsted
The damning poll comes as the inspection system comes under continuous scrutiny
‘I’m a cleaner’s daughter from Timperley who got place at Cambridge University’
Dr Caroline Burt fears working-class Manchester students don't think Oxbridge is for them
Gloucestershire grammar schools filled by out-of-county children
The number of non-local pupils in Gloucestershire's grammar schools has risen since the pandemic.
The revolt that means one Greater Manchester borough has some of the most sought after schools in the country
'We do not want comprehensive education at any price, in any form'
Independent school heads warn of North-South divide in education if Labour launches VAT levy on fees
‘Deeply concerning’ fears that introduction of 20pc tax could force many hard-pressed institutions in the North and Midlands...
Children’s vocabulary shrinking as they abandon books for screens
Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent warns that the shunning of pages could be having a detrimental impact on society
I regret sending my daughter to a grammar school
Gillian, a careers advisor from Lincolnshire, tells i why despite grammars being hugely oversubscribed. She wishes her daughter...
Grammar schools braced for surge in demand as Labour plans to tax private education fees
Private schools could face an exodus of pupils under a plan to include education costs in VAT, according...