Church schools lead the Primary Schools league table

League tables for Primary Schools are published today showing the results of the curriculum tests for children aged 11 taken last summer.   The tests examine progress in English, Maths and Science, and the measure looked for is a Level 4 pass as that is the standard believed necessary to do well at secondary school.
The bad news [...]

Has parental choice of schools worked at all?

Interesting piece in today’s Independent where Deborah Orr considers whether parental choice on school admissions has achieved anything, do read it here in full.
She starts by saying:-
“Long ago when the concept of parental choice was introduced into the state education system, it was done under the assumption that this would somehow create a market in which schools [...]