Tutoring, mentoring and drilling young children to help them pass the controversial 11-plus exam to access selective schools may be making kids less intelligent and the test should be scrapped, ...

Over 15,000 11-year-olds across the North are today sitting the first part of a test which will decide their future. The controversial test, known as the "Eleven Plus" will determine which school they ...

PUPILS in Kent could soon be taking their 11-plus exam earlier in order to improve the secondary school admissions process. Proposals have been put forward by Kent County Council's cabinet to create a ...

THE 11-plus exams could be brought forward two months so parents can pick their favourite schools after children have sat the tests. Currently, parents are made to choose before their children sit the ...

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Tutoring, mentoring and drilling young children to help them pass the controversial 11-plus exam to access selective schools may be making kids less intelligent and the test should be scrapped, ...