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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun formerly in England an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school.
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- noun (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school
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Examples
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The exam, called the 11-plus transfer test, had been used for almost 60 years to decide who qualified for a place at grammar school and who did not.
BBC News - Home 2011
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But if their child is not successful in the 11-plus test they will be allocated a place at one of their lesser preferences.
Secondary school choice figures show 40% of children may miss out 2011
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None the less, his older brother made it to the local grammar school and my father, having passed the 11-plus, deserved to go too.
Family life 2011
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This may have been influenced by the fact that I was one of the kids from working-class homes in the 60s who passed the 11-plus and went to grammar school.
Family life 2012
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More than 100 schools have passed muster, with the institute's website currently describing Bromley grammar school in Kent a county that still has the 11-plus as "school of the week".
Prince Charles is the voice of Mel Phillips, not the people | Peter Wilby 2011
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Much of the 11-plus minute recording is spent describing the tragic aftermath of flooding in Pakistan.
Osama bin Laden embraces his inner Al Gore Greg Miller 2010
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For a number of reasons, I don't think the 11-plus should have a part to play in our future education system ... but the way that Ruane has gone about this has been a complete and utter disaster.
Another fine CATastrophe... O'Neill 2009
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At four out of the 12 secondary schools in the town, admission depends on passing the 11-plus.
Secondary school choice figures show 40% of children may miss out 2011
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After 11-plus years in this league, with what you've accomplished, is it insulting to you that you have to answer questions like this?
Donovan McNabb says he could have finished game in Detroit Barry Svrluga 2010
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Southend's head of learning infrastructure, Sue Hadley, said: "Out of the 12 secondary schools, there are two boys' grammar schools and two girls' grammar schools, where admission is dependent on children passing the 11-plus exam, and which are normally oversubscribed."
Secondary school choice figures show 40% of children may miss out 2011
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