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Eleven Plus (11+)

The 1944 Education Act introduced academic selection where pupils sat an exam at age eleven – known as the 11+ - which would determine which school they should attend. Traditionally the test would include English and Maths as well as verbal and non-verbal reasoning. It aimed to test intelligence and pupils' results would determine whether they attended a grammar school, secondary modern school or a technical school. Today, the 11+ remains in areas that still have selective grammar schools.

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