Sixth-form colleges in London set Oxbridge-style entry test
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University access fear over BMAT entrance test glitch (again)
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Should Scotland's university academics mark entrance papers to find ‘the right kind’ of student?
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  • Aug 24, 2021
Universities may introduce entrance exams over fears of inflated A-level grades
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UK universities brace for ‘significant’ A-level grade inflation
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Inflated A-level grades may force universities to set entrance tests
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Universities expand entrance exams as Vice-Chancellors say pandemic A level grades are no longer objective
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Universities turn to entrance exams because they can 'no longer rely on grades'
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Grade inflation forces ministers to pay for extra medical school places
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Covid-proof next year's 11-plus tests, grammars advised
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Fewer London children get top secondary school choice after entrance tests for grammars were hit by pandemic
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Grammars’ selection like ‘Wild West’, says 11+ designer
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Eleven-plus tutors are setting their own entrance exams to weed out weaker candidates
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Coronavirus in Northern Ireland: Grammar school test axed over virus fears
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The new Common Entrance exam is fiendishly designed to weed out over-tutored children
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Call for resits as over 1,000 hit by Oxbridge admissions exam glitches
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Technical woes hinder Oxbridge entry tests
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The 11 Plus can be accurate or fair, but not both
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Kent council leader promises 'fair' 11-plus amid lockdown concerns
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): assessment processes for selective school admissions
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Grammar schools advised to postpone 11-plus exams amid Covid-19 disruption
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Schools told to delay 11+ tests until October because of coronavirus
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Government tells grammar schools to delay 11-plus tests until at least late October
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11-plus exams should be delayed due to Covid, says DfE
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Schools advised to delay 11-plus tests until November
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Thousands sit only national test to survive Covid-19
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Can you solve it? Would you get into Oxford?
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  • Nov 4, 2019
University exam from 1895 has left people very confused
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  • Oct 31, 2019
Buckinghamshire Grammar Schools exam errors: 'Solution agreed' by test provider
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‘Unanswerable’ Buckinghamshire 11-plus test questions discounted
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  • Sep 12, 2019
Eton College asked boys, 11, to justify the Army killing protesters in entry exam
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  • Sep 5, 2019
Governors at top grammar 'against plan for more poor pupils'
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  • Dec 19, 2018
College outlines selection plan
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  • Nov 21, 2018
Integrated school to use transfer tests
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  • Nov 16, 2018
Pupils sent wrong school entrance exam results
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  • Oct 19, 2018
Elite public schools drop common entrance exams
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  • Oct 8, 2018
The world’s ghastliest exam asks: vampire or zombie?
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  • Oct 8, 2018
Westminster, St Paul’s and Wellington College to drop entrance tests at 13
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  • Oct 5, 2018
Common Entrance exam is a burden children don’t need | Patrick Derham
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  • Oct 5, 2018
Grammar school tests: How do children cope?
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  • May 30, 2018
Too many unconditional offers? Bring back university entrance exams | Gill Evans
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Grammar school entry test ‘unfair’ for children born in summer
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Grammar school entry test sat by thousands of pupils is 'unfair' on summer-born children
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Summer-born pupils disadvantaged by ‘unfair’ 11-plus test, adjudicator rules
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France: Elite students shun school for presidents
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  • Mar 27, 2018
Entrance exams bad for mental health, says head
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  • Mar 26, 2018
Public school entrance exam is harming pupils’ mental health and should be scrapped, leading head warns
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  • Mar 25, 2018
Teacher training providers call on government to scrap skills entry test
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  • Feb 23, 2018
Concerns over ‘diluted’ teacher training standards
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Can you pass the teachers' basic English entry test?
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  • Feb 15, 2018
Measures announced to ensure talented trainees get into teaching
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  • Feb 12, 2018
QTS rule change means 9,000 prospective teachers can retake skills test
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  • Feb 12, 2018
Teachers can now fail multiple English and maths tests before entering job in effort to ease recruitment crisis, minister announces
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  • Feb 12, 2018
Five ways the DfE has damaged teacher recruitment
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  • Feb 12, 2018
DfE allows unlimited resits for teacher entry tests
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  • Feb 12, 2018
QTS skills test: Lock-out period and retake charges scrapped
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  • Feb 12, 2018
University entry exams highlight 'class divide'
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  • Jan 29, 2018
Australia: Uni students must pass sex consent module
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  • Jan 29, 2018
'Class divide' in university entry exams
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11-plus test provider goes to tribunal over secret scoring methods
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  • Jan 23, 2018
The rise of entrance exams... and the knock on impact for A-levels
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  • Nov 21, 2017
How to get into Oxford: interview questions have no wrong answer
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  • Oct 13, 2017
Group of top girls' schools scraps the 11-plus because the exam puts too much stress on children
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  • Oct 10, 2017
Leading girls' schools scrap entrance exams amid mental health concerns
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  • Oct 10, 2017
Pupils from ethnic minorities are more likely to get a private tutor: Findings may explain why white British children are falling behind their peers
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  • Sep 7, 2017
Top UK universities to set up own entry examinations
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  • Aug 25, 2017
Rise in top universities setting own entrance exams as they cannot rely on A-levels
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  • Aug 19, 2017
More grammar schools could open despite Tory U-turn, campaigners say
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  • Jun 22, 2017
Secret Teacher: we need a reality check on private tuition for exams
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  • May 13, 2017
Odds of grammar school entry 'stacked against' poorer children
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  • May 5, 2017
Grammar schools entry exam odds ‘loaded against disadvantaged pupils’
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  • May 5, 2017
Eleven-plus exam 'a dice loaded against disadvantaged pupils', says new report
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  • May 5, 2017
11-plus dice `loaded against disadvantaged children´
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The 11-plus is a loaded dice – research report
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  • May 5, 2017
Poor pupils with same SATs as richer peers do worse in grammar schools test
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11-plus like 'rolling a loaded dice’
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Kent grammar schools: Odds 'loaded against poor pupils'
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  • May 4, 2017
Preparing for school entrance exams – celebrate your child's efforts, as much as the outcome
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  • Dec 21, 2016
Do top independent schools only select pupils from an 'elite club' of prep schools?
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