Eleven-plus
An entrance test taken by some children around age 10 to 11 to gain a place at a grammar or other selective school. In England it is set by individual schools or areas; in Northern Ireland transfer tests are run by independent test providers.
- Also called
- 11+
- Used in
- England, Northern Ireland
- Topic
- Assessment
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Related terms
- Grammar school England Northern Ireland
- A state secondary school that selects pupils by academic ability, usually through an entrance test taken in Year 6 (England) or Primary 7 (Northern Ireland).
- Transfer test Northern Ireland
- The common name in Northern Ireland for the unregulated entrance tests used by grammar schools to select pupils at the end of primary school.
- Selective school All four UK nations (details may differ)
- Any school that admits pupils wholly or partly on the basis of academic ability or aptitude tested at entry.
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