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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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Welcome to Starmer’s Britain, where class hatred will ruin our private schools
I don’t expect Sir Keir Starmer (Reigate Grammar School before it went private) is losing much sleep over the fact...
Grammar schools face being ‘swamped’ by private pupils over Labour VAT raid
Independent schools expect to suffer exodus if Labour imposes tax on fees
Two in three teachers say AI is ‘too unreliable’ to assess pupils’ work – survey
The poll, of 1,012 UK teachers, suggests that 13% think a new grading system for exams should be...
I’m an 11-plus tutor – cramming doesn’t work, this is what to do instead
Ilana King has a long waiting list of prospective children; in her 13 years tutoring, she has never...
How to survive the 11-plus interview: a parent’s guide
Newcomers to England who start a family are often slow to realise that one of the biggest factors...
‘Children are being failed’: why more English parents are home educating
Fines, health needs, and a poor learning environment are among the reasons for the rise in children taken...
Kent’s private schools see significant drop in Kent Test success rates prompting suspicion parents are opting instead for private tutors
The number of children from private schools passing the Kent Test has dramatically dropped, it has been revealed.
Doing Educational Equity Right: The Homework Gap
The question is not whether students should do homework but how to help them do more
One in five students gain place at grammar school through head teacher assessment after 11+ fail
More than 20% of Kent pupils are getting into grammar schools after failing the 11-plus exam, according to...
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
Eleven Plus Exams 2024 Mocks Released
At Eleven Plus Exams we offer both in-person and online mock exams for GL, CEM and ISEB exam...
Hundreds of new grammar school places needed in Kent by end of the decade with cost likely to ‘fall on the taxpayer’, education chief warns
Hundreds of extra grammar school places will be needed in Kent by the end of the decade with...