Grammar school entrance tests taken by thousands of children are to be overhauled in a bid to stop over-coached children winning places. Many pupils who get through grammar school entry tests with the ...

Many parents rely on private tutors to boost their child's chance of a grammar school place, suggests a small poll. Seventy-two per cent of 212 first year grammar school pupils said they had been ...

The 11-plus can “never be tutor-proof”, a major grammar school exam board has admitted, as one of the last remaining selective counties announced it was abandoning its five-year experiment with tests ...

Academics found the least well off children had less than a 10 per cent chance of attending a grammar school, compared with a 40 per cent chance for children from wealthier families (Getty) Families ...

Research has shown two thirds of the pupils taking the 11-plus test next month or early next year have had extra coaching, with some parents paying more than £50 an hour to employ tutors with a high ...

Some 72% of first year grammar school pupils said they were tutored for entrance tests Many parents rely on private tutors to boost their child's chance of a grammar school place, suggests a small ...