Background Information The system of secondary education in Britain has been changed in recent years. Under the old system, children took an examination called the eleven plus"at the age of eleven. If they passed this examination, they went to a grammar school (high school) and if they failed, they went to a secondary modern schoolBackground Information The system of secondary education in Britain has been changed in recent years. Under the old system, children took an examination called the "eleven plus" at the age of eleven. If they passed this examination, they went to a grammar school (high school) and if they failed, they went to a secondary modern school