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eleven-plus

noun

  1. (esp formerly) an examination, taken by children aged 11 or 12, that determines the type of secondary education a child will be given
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In other cases, pupils were originally told they had not passed the eleven-plus exam, only to later learn they had.

From BBC

Alternatively, in some parts of the country, the child can sit an eleven-plus exam and, provided they pass, attend a grammar school.

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