Schoolchildren receive 11-plus results in North

Thousands of schoolchildren in the North have received the results of the controversial 11-plus transfer exams.

Thousands of schoolchildren in the North have received the results of the controversial 11-plus transfer exams.

The tests were taken by more than 16,000 11-year-old schoolchildren last November and the results will determine whether they will go to a grammar or secondary school.

The transfer test, which involves primary school children sitting two written examinations, is widely unpopular and the North's education minister, Jane Kennedy, announced  the scrapping of the test last month.

Ms Kennedy's announcement marked the most widespread shake-up in the North's education system in more than 50 years with the abolition in 2008 of the tests

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The move to a system of pupil assessment with parental consultation will bring the North's education system closer to that of the Republic.

Key decisions on a pupil's future education will in future be taken at ages 14 and 16, rather than 11.