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Find the best UK schools in any area

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Do smaller primary classes get better results?

14,315 schools say no

What should parents look for instead of one class-size number?

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Beating the Postcode: 482 State Primaries Where Disadvantage Doesn't Determine Outcomes

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Low-FSM primaries average 69.6% on RWM; high-FSM ones 56.3%. These 482 schools close that 13.3-point gap.

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2,021 English state schools are in financial trouble. 1,873 of them are primaries.

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Best-Value Schools: Strong Results Without Moving to the Priciest Postcodes

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An Ofsted grade is a snapshot, taken on particular days by particular inspectors.

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School Open Days: What to Ask and What to Look For

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Look at several years of cut-off distances to see the trend rather than betting a house move on a single number.

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The rare double: postcode areas where both the primaries AND the secondaries are Good

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The 11-plus is taken in the autumn of Year 6, but registration often closes in the early summer before.

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How UK School Catchment Areas Really Work (and How to Improve Your Odds)

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A positive progress score means pupils made more progress than similar children nationally, whatever the intake.

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Ofsted Ratings Explained: What Outstanding, Good and Requires Improvement Mean in 2026

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Ask about staff turnover: high turnover in core subjects is a warning sign that takes years to show up in results.

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Secondary School Admissions 2026: A Parent's Complete Guide

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Adjust for free school meals and the single-sex advantage shrinks to roughly 3–5 Attainment 8 points.

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Seven years of private day-school fees cost £105k–£175k; a top state catchment house premium runs £60k–£200k.

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Our similar schools tool has been the most visited page on the website this week, so here’s a reminder of what it does.

If you lead a primary school in England, you can type in your school name, URN, postcode or local authority and it will find schools with a similar pupil intake to yours. It matches on pupil numbers, free school meals, EAL and SEND, then lets you compare those schools’ KS2 results, absence and Ofsted reports side by side.

It’s handy when you want to find a school to visit, see how others in a similar context are getting on, or give governors some useful comparisons. It isn’t a league table, and it’s separate from the DfE’s official similar-schools groups. It just helps you find schools that look like yours so you can decide who to learn from.

It covers state-funded full primary schools in England (Reception to Year 6).

Try it here: https://t.co/ej0kg9Wbou

Let us know which schools it finds for you, and whether there’s anything you’d like us to add.

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How to Appeal a School Place Decision in 2026

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Inspiring books for preschool children aged 0-4 including titles by Emma Yarlett, Richard Scarry, Anke Kuhl, Sally Symes, Hannah Campbell, Eric Veille, Satoru Onishi, Stephanie Blake & Susan Hayes. https://t.co/Of3EdqF8Sq #kidlit

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Ofsted’s own commissioned research reveals significant concerns about school inspection, but could the presentation of the data conceal the pressures experienced by school leaders … https://t.co/O9Idwwy0t1