eleven-plus
noun
British
: an examination taken by schoolchildren between the ages of 11 and 12 that determines the type of secondary education to which they are assigned
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Dammers belonged to a generation that was pushed to pass the notorious eleven-plus exam and get into one of the United Kingdom’s supposedly superior grammar schools.
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Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Eleven-plus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eleven-plus. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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