when was the 11 plus abolished?

Answer 1

It hasn't been. Some counties (eg Dorset) still have grammar schools and they use it.

The old national system of secondary moderns/technical schools vs grammar was dismantled in the years following 1965 when Tony Crosland introduced the comprehensive school

Answer 2

The eleven plus was created as part of the 1944 Butler Education Act. This established a Tripartite System of education, with an academic, a technical and a functional strand. Prevailing educational thought at the time argued that testing was an effective way of finding which strand a child was most suited for. The results from the exam would be used to match a child’s abilities and future career needs to their secondary school.

When the system was implemented, the technical schools did not appear on the scale envisaged. Instead, the Tripartite System came to be characterised by fierce competition for places at the prestigious grammar schools. As such, the eleven plus took on a particular significance. Rather than allocating according to need or ability, it became seen as a question of passing or failing. This led to the exam becoming widely resented.

In counties in which vestiges of the Tripartite System still survive, the eleven plus continues to exist. Today it usually takes on the form of an entrance test to a specific group of schools, rather than a blanket exam for all pupils, and is taken voluntarily. For more information on these, see the main article on grammar schools. The largest area still operating the eleven plus is Northern Ireland, although it is planned to phase the exam out in 2008. For more information, see the main article on the Tripartite System.

Independent schools, particularly those Direct Grant Grammars which seceded from the state system after the abolition of the Tripartite System, often model their entrance exams upon the old eleven plus.

The content of the examination differs from area to area, but most children sit a Verbal Reasoning paper, many sit a non-verbal reasoning paper and some sit a mathematics paper or different combinations of all three.

Answer 3

I dont think it has been abolished entirly. I live in buckinghamshire and took my 11+ about 8 years ago. I think bucks county council choose to keep it though. weather they still do it or no i dont know.
All i know was that my year was the first to do an 11+, as all previous years did the 12+

Answer 4

must of been nearly 30 years ago thats when i took mine i think they abolished it 2 years later

Answer 5

Huh?? What's that?