What each plan costs
| Plan | Per month | What you get | Adapts to the child |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bond Online | £7.50 | 11+ practice across the Bond question bank | Not adaptive at this tier |
| Bond Online Premium | from £20.66£247.92 billed annually | As above, with an AI-personalised pathway | Check their site for current detail |
| Bond Online Premium Plus | from £28.99£347.92 billed annually | As Premium, higher tier | Check their site for current detail |
| PlusProgress Basic | £12.99£8.99 equivalent committed to 30 Sept | One subject at a time, you choose which | Yes |
| PlusProgress Premium | £39.99£27.99 equivalent committed to 30 Sept | All four subjects, plus school-format mock exams | Yes |
Bond figures come from their own site, where the entry price has been seen to move week to week, so confirm before you buy.
The comparison that actually matters
If price is the deciding factor, this is a short conversation and Bond wins it. The real question is what you are buying at the tier where the two products are doing the same job. Bond’s adaptive tiers start from £20.66 a month on an annual commitment. Ours is £39.99 a month, rolling, and the difference you are paying for is preparation aimed at one named school rather than at the 11+ in general.
| Bond Online | PlusProgress | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | £7.50 a month | £12.99 a month |
| Adaptive at entry price | No, adaptivity starts on Premium | Yes, on every plan |
| Billing | Premium tiers are quoted billed annually | Rolling monthly, or one payment to September |
| School-specific mocks | Check their site for current detail | Mocks follow the format each named school sets |
| Admissions data | Not part of the product | Per-school dates, areas and scores, checked against the school’s own material |
| Brand | Oxford University Press, decades of 11+ publishing | Built by a practising 11+ tutor |
| Who owns it | Oxford University Press, a department of the University of Oxford | Wholly owned by the tutor who builds it, in the UK. No outside investors |
| Focus | One product in a large publishing range | The 11+ only, so it is nobody’s side project |
Which one should you choose?
- Price is the deciding factor.
- You want a large bank of questions and are happy to direct the practice yourself.
- You are already using Bond workbooks and want the online version alongside them.
- You have a target school and want practice in that school’s format.
- You want the practice to pick the next question rather than doing it yourself.
- You want the admissions facts and the practice in one place.
- You want the platform’s whole job to be the 11+, run by the tutor who built it.
Common questions
Is Bond Online cheaper than PlusProgress?
At entry level, yes, and by a lot. Bond Online starts at £7.50 a month against our Basic at £12.99 and Premium at £39.99. Bond’s adaptive tiers narrow it: Premium is from £20.66 a month billed annually. Our commit-until-September option narrows it from the other side: 30% off, the equivalent of £8.99 (Basic) or £27.99 (Premium) a month, billed as one payment covering everything to 30 September. Pick it with the toggle before signing up and that single fee is the only charge ever taken.
What does Bond do well?
Bond is published by Oxford University Press and has been the standard 11+ workbook brand for decades. The question bank is large and well written, the brand is trusted, and if you want a lot of practice questions cheaply it is hard to beat on price.
What is the main difference?
Bond is a question bank with practice built around it. PlusProgress is built around the specific school your child is sitting for: mocks follow that school’s format, and each school page carries admissions facts checked against the school’s own published material. If your child’s target school is undecided, that difference matters less.
Do both adapt to my child?
Bond’s entry tier is not adaptive; its Premium tiers add an AI-personalised pathway. PlusProgress is adaptive on every plan, including the £12.99 one. Worth confirming on their site, since both products change.
See it before you decide
The demo needs no sign-up and no card. The school pages show exactly what we hold on the school your child is sitting for, including where a school publishes nothing.
PlusProgress is independent of Bond, of Oxford University Press and of GL Assessment. Bond is a trademark of its owner and is named here for comparison only. Prices change: confirm on the providers’ own sites before you buy.