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Starting Primary School in 2019: what are the catchment areas of London’s most sought after state primaries?

Are you applying for primary school places to start Reception in September 2019? At many oversubscribed London state primary schools, catchment areas have been expanding from 2017 to 2018, thanks in part to additional school places, in part as a response of a declining birth rate. Brexit may also have played a part, with more

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State or private school?

In recent years, an increasing number of readers and clients have asked me about state education and if it is really worth paying private school fees. For many expats, particularly those coming from countries where nearly everybody is state educated, the idea of paying high taxes and then having to pay school fees on top

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GCSE results London 2016

Following the release of last week’s A-Level results, schools across the country have now also released their GCSE results 2016, which enables us to compile a ranking specifically for London day schools. GCSE results give us a more recent picture of how a school is performing, since the pupils who take the exams have usually

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Starting Primary School in 2016: top London state school catchment areas

Are you applying for primary school places to start Reception in September 2016? At many oversubscribed London state primary schools, catchment areas have been shrinking in recent years, although there is some relief in select councils. In Richmond, the newly opened Thomson House free school and the expansion of Sheen Mount School have eased the pressure. Other

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Starting Primary School in 2015: top London state school catchment areas

Are you applying for primary school places to start Reception in September 2015? At many oversubscribed London state primary schools, catchment areas have been shrinking in recent years, although there is some relief in select councils. In Richmond, the newly opened Thomson House free school and a bulge class at Barnes Primary helped ease the

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Newton Farm Nursery Infant and Junior School in Harrow investigated over SATS fraud claims

Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior School in Harrow, north London, has written to parents telling them that test scores in maths and a new spelling, punctuation and grammar exam had been annulled after an official investigation. The move by the Government’s Standards and Testing Agency was made after doubts were cast over the validity of

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Ofsted to focus on teaching quality and what that means for independent schools

Schools in the UK regulated by OFSTED will only be able to achieve an OUTSTANDING rating in the future if the quality of teaching is outstanding. In the past, schools were able to achieve an overall outstanding rating when they were predominantly outstanding in other areas (such as health & safety) but not in teaching.

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