eleven-plus


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eleven-plus

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(Education) (esp formerly) an examination, taken by children aged 11 or 12, that determines the type of secondary education a child will be given
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Noun 1. [画像:eleven-plus - (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school]eleven-plus - (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school
testing, examination - the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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I, having failed my eleven-plus examination, was shunted into a secondary modern school without any prospect of intellectual or, indeed, any other advancement in my future.
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Falmai passed her eleven-plus and went to Tonypandy Grammar School where she met her lifelong partner Owen Vernon Jones.
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At 10, he qualified eleven-plus intelligence exam meant to sort out children suited for academic education.
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"Consequently, the only exams I ever took at junior school were the three eleven-plus tests.
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We use eleven-plus test and appeals data obtained from a large local authority to explore how the process of admission to grammar schools produces such a strong social gradient in entry rates.
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His father never forgave him for failing the Eleven-Plus and for supporting "the other team" - but then Jimmy's eccentric Uncle Rod died and Jimmy claimed his Bible.
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I WOULD like to remind BBC presenter John Humphrys, who referred to those who failed their 'eleven-plus' as having to go to rubbish schools (Today programme 17 April), that when Britain led the world in the fastest rate of advancements in aviation history (1950s & 1960s), the vast majority of those involved had attained their craft or engineering apprenticeships following the education they received from teachers with such knowledge at Secondary Modern Schools.
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More interested in the outdoors than engaging in the learning essential to successfully pass the 'eleven-plus' exams required to get him into second-level education, Denzil struggles against the constraints and expectations within his rigid family home.
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There are thousands of people who did not pass the eleven-plus selection exam in the days when it still existed, who massively underachieved in secondary modern schools and for whom the stigma of personal failure (at 11 years old for heavens' sake!) still persists.
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So, going back to pushy parents, with the eleven-plus just around the corner for my eldest, I have just realised after five years of primary school, that the parents I rub shoulders with in the playground have been 'grooming' their children to succeed in every aspect of school life whether it be academic or social.
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