A London school based in East Ham has achieved record A-level results with more than 100 (out of around 200) students achieving straight A or A* grades. Brampton Manor Academy will also send 20 students to Oxford or Cambridge, all from ethnic minority backgrounds. The final tally saw 99% of students achieve at A*-C. The Continue reading…
Tiffin is delighted to announce that from September 2019, we will admit girls as well as boys into the Sixth Form, allowing the fantastic benefits and quality of Tiffin Sixth Fom to be delivered within a mixed environment. Girls and boys currently in Year 10 are welcome to apply for places by filling in the Continue reading…
British independent schools feature heavily in the top positions of global IB Diploma league tables, particularly dominated by the so-called superselective London day schools, along with a small number of high performing boarding schools, but there are a few exceptions, notably from Asia and the Middle East. It is a shame that the majority of Continue reading…
Existing grammar schools have been invited to apply for extra funding from a £50m allocation design to enable grammar schools to grow. This is under the condition that they can show how they are helping disadvantaged students. There are currently 163 grammar schools in England, out of some 3,000 state secondaries, and a further 67 Continue reading…
More and more Harris Academies are opening up in and around London, so if you are based here and are looking into state secondaries schools, chances are that you have heard of Harris Academies. But what are they like? Who runs them and why? Are they as good as they sound? Harris Academies are run Continue reading…
West London Free School in Hammersmith has appointed Clare Wagner to take over the Headship in January 2018. The school was co-founded by journalist Toby Young, and according to its website “aims to be one of the best schools in the country, renowned for academic excellence, and capable of giving all children a classical liberal Continue reading…
DLD College London is an independent fee-paying sixth form college situated in the heart of London overlooking Westminster and the Thames River. There are 440 students at the college, some of whom are preparing for A Levels, some studying for their GCSEs, and some studying for BTECs and International Foundation Programmes. The college admits day Continue reading…
The international baccalaureate (IB) is becoming increasingly popular in Britain and around the world, and more and more independent and also state secondary schools are offering this option to their students. What are the benefits of the IB, and should you choose it over the British system? One advantage of the IB system is that Continue reading…