The 11+ Arms Race?: Points of View

Teachers Talk Radio · Sep 9, 2026 · 1h 27m

The 11+ is supposed to identify academic potential. But what happens when success in the test increasingly depends on how much preparation a family can afford. Success based on parents ability to pay not the child’s abilities. A recent Schools Week investigation found families paying up to £600 for 11+ practice materials, highlighting a growing tutoring industry built around parents’ fear of their children missing out on limited Grammar School places (Schools Week⁠) In this episode, TTR will bring together teachers some who have sat the 11+ themselves, to ask whether the 11+ is really a test…