About us
About ExamKind
By ExamKind Editorial TeamFacts checked 19 October 2026Last reviewed 19 October 2026
In short
ExamKind helps families in England and Northern Ireland understand the 11+ and secondary school admissions. We are independent: no test provider, school, council or tutoring company owns us or pays us. Every admissions fact on our pages comes from an official source, which we archive and check twice before we publish it, and each page shows when we last checked. We aim to be kind, honest and exact, so you can make calm decisions for your child.
Who runs ExamKind?
Most of our writing and fact-gathering is done by AI tools working inside a strict editorial process, with a human founder who approves what we publish and samples our work. We explain exactly how that works, including what the AI does and does not do, on How we make our content. We never claim that a page was written or reviewed by a teacher unless a named, qualified person really did that work.
Is ExamKind owned by a test provider or a tutoring company?
No. ExamKind is not owned by, funded by or in partnership with any 11+ test provider, any grammar school or consortium, any council, or any tutoring business. We do not set or mark any 11+ test, and we have no access to real test papers.
This matters because the 11+ world has some close links between the people who write tests and the people who sell preparation. Where an official source confirms a link like that, our exam-board pages say so plainly. Our full position is on Our independence.
What does ExamKind offer families?
Our information pages are free to read. They cover:
- how the 11+ works, from what the 11+ is to standardised scores and results day;
- each test family, such as GL Assessment, Quest and FSCE;
- each 11+ area and grammar school, starting with Buckinghamshire;
- the steps after the test: applying, Offer Day and reviews and appeals.
How will ExamKind pay for itself?
We plan to sell practice tools, such as format-specific practice and mock tests, to families who want them. That is how we intend to keep the information pages free. We tell you this because honesty about how we make money is part of being trustworthy. Our information pages will never push a product as the answer to a worry, and we will never claim that buying anything makes a pass or a place more likely.
How do we decide what is true?
We only treat a fact as checked when it comes from an official source: a council, a school, a consortium, a test provider, or a government body such as the Department for Education. We save a copy of that source with the date we read it. Two separate checks have to agree before a fact goes on a page. If sources disagree, or a fact has not been published yet, we say so rather than guess. You can read the detail on How we verify school and admissions data.
What if we get something wrong?
We will sometimes make mistakes, and we would rather hear about them quickly. You can report an error from any page. We fix errors about dates and deadlines fastest, and we list every significant correction on our public corrections log.
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