Despite a reported slight increase in the number of candidates obtaining first grades in last year’s Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), the drop in the number of candidates scoring Aggregate 4 will ...

An important deadline is looming for parents. They have until thus Thursday, January 15, to apply for a primary school place. Last week we featured the best and worst primary schools in Coventry as ...

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Many children find themselves singing at school in the run up to Christmas - at a nativity play or carol concert, often with parents watching proudly on. But new data suggests singing is a much less ...

State secondary schools in Wales have failed to make top billing in the Sunday Times' best schools list, but five independent schools in Wales are among the 100 best fee-paying schools in the UK, ...

The top performing grammar and comprehensive schools in the UK have been crowned in a new league table. Rankings in the prestigious Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2026 were awarded based on exam ...

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Scotland's top schools for 2026 have been revealed and there is a new winner for this coming year. The country's most academically achieving state secondary schools have been revealed by The Times and ...

A London school has been named the best secondary in the country as the top performing institutions are revealed. Queen Elizabeth's School, a grammar school in Barnet, took the number one spot this ...

London and South East schools have been named the top performing grammar and comprehensive schools in the country in a prestigious league table. Queen Elizabeth’s School, a grammar in Barnet, has ...

It is the Scottish Government’s ‘firm intention’ that next year’s exams will go ahead (STOCK IMAGE)Credit: PA:Press Association Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on ...

The best schools across Birmingham and the West Midlands were revealed in the Sunday Times' annual Parent Power Guide. The Parent Power Guide allows parents to compare schools with national and ...