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Odds stacked against poor kids passing 11-plus tests

by Felicity Collier

CHILDREN from the poorest backgrounds undergo “incredibly unreliable” testing when it comes to the 11-plus exam for entry to grammar schools, an education campaign group warned yesterday.

Youngsters who are eligible for free school meals are three times less likely to sit or pass the 11-plus exam because the odds are deliberately stacked against them, according to research by the Kent Education Network (Ken).

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