Last week, Theresa May unveiled plans to bring back grammar schools, opening up a Pandora's box of debate. She is trying to create a meritocracy in education but her political enemies believe the ...

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, ...

Some adults who failed the ever-controversial 11-plus exam are still "haunted" by the experience, a study has revealed. One in five adults were put off learning after they failed the exam, according ...

Education Secretary Justine Greening has unveiled plans to make a "new generation" of grammar schools across England on Thursday (13 April). The senior Conservative minister said the proposals will ...

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