In this Tag Archive you can find all of the articles on our site related to the UK School System: and the parts it is made up of.
The UK School System covers about 13 – 15 years of schooling. Most children start a form of schooling at Nursery level, by the age of 3. From Nursery to Reception usually involves starting in a more formalised schooling system. Then the real choices are made. Some parents make use of state-funded schooling for the first few years, while others choose only independent schools. Some parents only use state-funded schools. Parents also have various options. Firstly, primary school, pre-preparatory school or preparatory school, followed by secondary school, sixth form or college.
State-funded schools have to abide by the National Curriculum and other statutory requirements. Independent schools have much more freedom. We try and provide a balanced view of the UK School System through our articles in this archive. With a clear focus on private school and grammar school entrance, these systems might be highlighted slightly more.
Find the best Welsh schools 2021 listed below. No other school has pulled off a transformation on the same scale as Ysgol Y Preseli, our Welsh State Secondary School of the Decade. En route to winning one of our unique awards for this pandemic year, the 800-pupil bilingual school has soared nearly 300 places in…
Find the best Scottish schools 2021 listed below. East Renfrewshire breaks new ground in this year’s Parent Power as the first local authority to have all of its secondary schools in our rankings of the top 100 schools in Scotland. Good Scottish schools 2021 Three of its seven schools, southwest of Glasgow – St Ninian’s…
Features of the best West Midlands schools 2021 listed below. King Edward VI School, is Shakespeare’s school in Stratford-upon-Avon, is The Sunday Times State Secondary School of the Decade. It has shown the greatest improvement over the past 10 years. From 93rd place in 2011, it reached 12th place last year. King Edward School in…
Summary features of the best North East schools 2021 are listed below. Durham is clearly the region’s educational hotspot. It has the fewest schools overall in our state and independent rankings But it still manages to have a small number of the best schools in the country, achieving the highest grades at A-level and GCSE.…
Summary features of the best schools south east schools 2021 listed below. 244 high-performing state and independent schools featuring in our rankings, contributes four of our 26 Schools of the Decade. 133 of the 500 top-performing state secondary schools are to be found in the southeast Yet the appetite for independent education is huge, with…
Welcome to our popular Best schools North West 2021 feature. * * CONTENT last updated April 2021 * * Features of the best schools North West 2021 listed below. A strong showing for primary schools in the northwest in this year’s Parent Power rankings. Took 81 / 500 of the Sunday…
Welcome to our comprehensive list of the Best Yorkshire schools 2021 below. * * CONTENT last updated April 2021 * * Competition in education is fierce in Yorkshire with a three-way tussle for supremacy between the independent, grammar and comprehensive sectors. Some of the best schools in the country are to…
Summary features of the Best East Anglia schools 2021 listed below. The digital learning revolution came early to the Stephen Perse Foundation, our East Anglia Independent School of the Decade. Former headteacher Tricia Kelleher, who retired last summer, brought in screens alongside books nearly 10 years ago, posting a series of lessons on iTunes, available…
Find the list for the Best London schools 2021 below. * * CONTENT last updated April 2021 * * This year, London represented 86 of the top 500 state secondaries and 65 of the best independent schools. Top of the London Schools Table St Paul’s Girls’ School has topped the…
Read more below as to which are the Best Schools East Midlands 2021. Eight of the top 10 state secondary schools in the East Midlands are part of the Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools, led by Caistor Grammar School, The Sunday Times East Midlands State Secondary School of the Decade. Over the past 10 years,…
What are the key points to remember when asking for a private school bursary? Want to send your child to private school, but don’t have the necessary funds? We give you some top private school bursary tips below. Asking for a private school bursary The cost of private schools continues to increase above the rate…
Times have changed. You can no longer just phone up a chosen school or attend a few different Sixth Forms that seem of interest. As most of the world has moved online, so has school applications. This, of course, includes open days turning into virtual open evenings and virtual video tours. This is not all…
Home learning /Home schooling Montessori are not new concepts. Many parents opt for this even when the schools are open. There are also various approaches to this. Parents that choose to home educate are usually not fond of the term homeschooling. Parents that home educate do so for different reasons. You may in fact elect…
Murray Morrison is the creator of Tassomai, an online learning platform that embeds knowledge and helps children prepare for exams like the 11+ and 13+. Murray explains how regular retrieval practice through platforms like Tassomai builds solid foundations and ensures students go into their entrance exams confident and ready to get their best possible results.…
Tutoring is a profession now with its own Association. The Tutors’ Association, which is an open, democratic, not-for-profit, professional body. It: Has a membership of highly qualified professionals. From various fields of academia, teaching and other vocations. Sets standards Holds its members accountable to a code of professional ethics. The best tutors care about their…
We have survived a few months of having the children at home. We’ve been working and getting used to this ‘How to Home School’ concept. Many are moving away from the structured approach while others swear by a minute by minute schedule. Whatever works for you. One thing I’m sure we all learnt is that…
I watched a film once where the main character was completely ambidextrous. He could write a poem with one hand while drawing a picture with the other. How I would have loved to have a skill like that. So why is it that teachers push kids to choose a dominant hand? Why is one-handed dominance…
What is the Common Entrance Exam Pass Mark? Typically, the average pass mark is between 55 – 60%. Although there are difficulty levels. The standard of work for Common Entrance in most subjects is in advance of a student’s academic age. Some subjects, such as English, involve working at GCSE level. What is the Common Entrance…
When do school open days take place and what do I look for at school open days are answered in the blog below. School Open Days Is your child starting secondary school next September? As you know, applications for secondary schools for September 2020 start is 31 October 2019. Therefore, open days are usually held…
There is a free private schools fees scheme that promotes access to London’s independent school sector amongst those who cannot afford to pay termly fees. Choose the school that will suit your child the best, not the one that he or she is “expected” to attend or one that can give the parent a glow…
How will Brexit affect British school children? It isn’t just adults who are affected by protracted Brexit negotiations. Children are too. Some are under the impression there is no longer any point learning a language. Others are simply worried that Europeans will no longer like them. According to a recent report from the British Council,…
Welcome to our Boarding Schools Guide, including the new low-cost private schools being introduced. Most people experience school through the eyes of a day scholar. However, there are cases where it’s viable to send a child to live at school as a boarder. A residential school where students live as well as study during the…
Welcome to our Independent IB Schools league tables. # Avg. Points Name Day/Board Boy/Girl Day £ Board £ Cohort Size 1 40.9 North London Collegiate School Day Girls 20,430 18 2 40.4 Stephen Perse Foundation Day Co-ed (Diamond model 11 – 16) 17,490 16 3 39.2 Abbey School – Reading Day Girls 17,640 18 4…
It’s not just exam results that will get your son or daughter set for career success. If all that your child leaves school, university or an apprenticeship with is grades, they may have a very difficult time in the job market. Start setting your child up for success now Even if your son or daughter…
With the upcoming exam times, the following top primary school league tables 2021 might give you a good indication of which schools are performing. If you are looking for a good primary school so your child is prepared for a place in a good secondary school. Our other top schools UK guides Top grammar schools…
Want to get your child into a top secondary school? One way of doing it is to get them a place at a top London ‘prep’ school first. As the name suggests, prep schools prepare children for private secondary education. Usually, these independent schools take children from the ages of eight to 13 when they…
What Are Montessori Schools? If you’ve been searching for a nursery for your child, you may have come across the term Montessori School. But what does that mean, exactly? These schools follow an educational movement developed by the Italian doctor and educator, Maria Montessori, in the early twentieth century. Dr Montessori’s educational philosophy is based…
Everyone knows education is one of the most valued things in our culture; it shapes young minds that take us into our terrifying future. Children starting school in September 2019 won’t be retiring until around 2090. We children have to be taught how to survive in the world in 30 years. Yet we don’t know…
As private schools make offers to students, we look at the most prestigious private schools in the UK Getting into the most prestigious private schools Over the coming weeks, you will find out whether your child has been successful in getting into his or her private school of choice. Fingers crossed you get the one…
There are many private schools, independent school and public school differences. LEt’s start by showing the Sunday Times best independent schools 2021 table. Sunday Times Top 50 independent schools 2021 Table 1 1 St Paul’s Girls’ School London 52.1 87.7 97.1 5 99.6 1 2 6 The Godolphin and Latymer School London 46 81.5 96.7 6=…