11 plus News
11 Plus News
Many news articles appear in the press relating to selective entry at 11 plus and education in general.
These articles have been selected as being relevant to parents of children aged 9 to 13 who are interested in what is happening across the UK. Contributions and comments are welcome, please write to [email protected].
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Secondary school league tables 2024: The best performing secondary schools
The Telegraph - 9 December 2024
Revealed: The state schools with the highest GCSE grades and the best Ofsted ratings
Moving to big school: 'If you find it hard at first, don't panic'
The Guardian - 18th July 2017
They will miss their friends and are worried about getting lost. We talk to year 6s starting big school after the summer and year 7s who say there is no need to fear
Police urge parents to have a cyber safe talk with kids
The Daily Telegraph - 5th June 2017
Parents are being urged to have a “cyber safety talk” with their children and issue a “user contract” before buying their youngster a mobile phone.
Primary school encourages pupils to wear slippers in class
The Guardian - 1 February 2017
Children at an East Midlands primary school are being encouraged to wear slippers in class.
Private school or grammar school: Where should we send our son?
The Telegraph - 14 December 2016
Academically rigorous yet without the £10,000 per year fees, grammar schools have made their fair share of headlines recently as the Government considers plans to allow more to open.
Do universities favour grammar or state school pupils?
The Telegraph - 3 November 2016
Evidence of the effectiveness and viability of grammar schools has been used on both sides ...
The only thing that makes grammars elitist is the fact that state schools don’t prepare pupils for the 11-plus
The Independent - 18 Oct 2016
We had the means – and the will – for our child to take and pass that test. So we got behind her. What about the children who don’t have that?
BBC finds nearly half of grammar schools help poor children
The Daily Mail - 19 Oct 2016
Almost half of grammar schools now prioritise poor pupils in admissions and some reserve up to a quarter of places for the least privileged, new research shows.
Will prep school increase my son's chances of getting a place at a ...
Telegraph.co.uk-28 Sep 2016
It's no surprise that one of the main arguments against grammar schools is that they don't always succeed in recruiting a balance of students from all ...
Can grammar schools ever be 'inclusive'?
The Guardian-8 Sep 2016
But is it possible to create “inclusive” grammar schools when the objective of selective education is to separate children by ability?
'How do I choose the right 11-plus tutor?'
Telegraph.co.uk-24 Feb 2016
Responding to this demand, agencies and private tutors have flooded the market; promising to give children the best chances of passing the 11-plus entrance ...
'Should I pay for prep school or tutoring?'
Telegraph.co.uk-10 Feb 2016
Most prep schools are expert in preparing children for the common entrance examinations at 11-plus or 13-plus, which are required by many (but not all) ...
Academic challenges adults to take the 'daunting' grammar test ...
Daily Mail-10 Feb 2016
A leading voice in education has asked adults to see how they fare with tricky grammar questions that schoolchildren as young as 11 face. Dr Mary Bousted …
Are you smarter than a 10-year-old? Take 11-plus questions from ...
Gazette-5 Aug 2015
2) A motorist leaves home at 10.15am and drives at 32 miles per hour. He stops for lunch from noon to 1.45pm and then continues his journey at 30 miles per ...
Grammar schools are top state performers, Trinity Mirror research ...
BBC News-2 Aug 2015
About 5% of those analysed are grammar schools, which select pupils based on the 11-plus test. The teachers union, the NUT, said selective schools were ...
What should we do with private schools?
The Guardian-5 Dec 2014
In short, the strongly pro-comprehensive Hattersley was arguing in 1980, that the postwar mechanism of 11-plus and grammar schools, for that minority fortunate ...
Private school pupils doubly advantaged by private tutoring
The Conversation UK-12 Nov 2014
New “tutor-proof” 11 plus tests, designed by researchers at Durham University's Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, are being deployed by some schools in an ...