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Covid-19 Archive

Teachers support archbishop’s call to cancel 11-plus

TEACHERS have endorsed a call from the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland to cancel 11-plus exams. The two organisations that operate the unregulated system...

11-plus exams ‘should be scrapped’ this year

A GROUP campaigning to return 11-plus exams to primary schools has said the assessments should be scrapped this year. The two organisations that operate the unregulated...

11-plus test delay to be challenged in courts

THE mother of a 10-year-old girl is to legally challenge the decision to hold grammar school entrance exams this winter.

11-plus exams postponed for two weeks

GRAMMAR school entrance exams have been postponed to allow children more time to prepare when they return to classrooms. The two groups that run the tests...