• The eleven-plus (11+) is a standardised examination administered to some students in England and Northern Ireland in their last year of primary education...
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  • and Stripes operate alongside 7-Eleven's namesake stores in several American markets. 7-Eleven also operates A-Plus locations with the name licensed...
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    structural problems within the testing process that underpinned the eleven plus which meant it tended to result in secondary modern schools being overwhelmingly...
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    still possible to opt into the eleven-plus system. This gives rise to the unusual result that those who pass the eleven-plus can attend a grammar school...
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  • born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on 7 November 1978. He passed his eleven-plus exam and attended Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys before moving...
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    Slurpee (category 7-Eleven)
    slushies sold by 7-Eleven and its subsidiaries A-Plus, Speedway, & Stripes Convenience Stores. The brand originated in 1966 when 7-Eleven made a licensing...
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    loved playing football and did not answer any of the questions in the Eleven plus exam for entry into a grammar school, so that he could ensure he attended...
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  • of the eleven plus was put back from 2004 to 2008. Opinion is divided on the wisdom of the decision. The Burns Report itself called the 11-plus system...
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    system was in effect a bipartite system in which children who passed the eleven-plus examination were sent to grammar schools and those who failed the test...
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    Gordon Brown. Born in Prestatyn, Wales, in his youth Prescott failed the eleven-plus entrance exam for grammar school and worked as a ship's steward and trade...
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    and 1960s, approximately a quarter of children were selected by the eleven plus exam for entry to grammar schools, either LEA-maintained grammar schools...
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  • Ireland) 1947 introduced a school system which included a government-run eleven-plus post-primary transfer test as an entrance exam for grammar schools; this...
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    replace grammar schools with comprehensive schools that did not use the eleven-plus for the selection of pupils. He later served as President of the Board...
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    From the age of eight, he was interested in acting. After failing his eleven-plus, he attended Ockendon Courts County Secondary School in South Ockendon...
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    which inspired him to pursue an acting career. In 1944, he passed his eleven-plus examination, winning a scholarship to Hackney Downs School. After a year...
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  • Newington where he attended William Patten Primary School and passed his eleven plus exam, winning a scholarship to Hackney Downs Grocers' School. He left...
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  • and his mother was a cleaner and factory worker. Maguire passed his eleven plus, and attended South Shields Grammar-Technical School for Boys from 1972...
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    killed neighbours. Wyman attended Oakfield Primary School, passing his eleven plus exam to gain entry to Beckenham and Penge County Grammar School from...
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    of Bexley, UK. It takes boys and girls aged 11–18 who have passed the eleven plus exam. Bexley Grammar School was opened in 1955. In 1966, it was proposed...
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  • spent a year in hospital as a child with diphtheria. He then passed the Eleven-plus examination and attended St Mary's College, Crosby, where he was awarded...
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    family moved to Bridgwater, Somerset, briefly in 1957. He passed his eleven plus exam in 1958, earning a place at High Wycombe Technical High School,...
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    Grammar School) which he entered in September 1953 after passing the eleven-plus exam. He enjoyed badminton and diving at school and became first clarinet...
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  • episode of that programme. Knutt was born in Sheffield. After passing the eleven-plus in 1957, he attended Abbeydale Grammar School in Sheffield. Still at...
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    an undistinguished record at Highgate Primary School and failed the eleven-plus exam. He then attended the William Grimshaw Secondary Modern School (later...
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    the age of eleven, students sit an eleven plus examination to eliminate a student's secondary schooling direction. Success in the eleven plus exam places...
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    arithmetic and won a place at Clydebank High School after passing the Eleven-plus exam. Most pupils owned a bicycle so he resolved to earn the money to...
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    Falls Road, where he was taught by La Salle brothers. Having passed the eleven-plus exam in 1960, he attended St Mary's Christian Brothers Grammar School...
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  • years in Chard, Somerset. He attended Emanuel School after passing his eleven-plus in 1944 and served as a conscript during his national service, in the...
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    Admission to the lower school is selective with pupils required to pass the eleven-plus selection test administered by Kent County Council. Successful pupils...
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    Ian Brown, and after attending Heyes Lane Junior School, he passed the eleven plus exam and went on to attend Altrincham Grammar School for Boys. As a child...
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