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What is changing for families
Schools, nurseries and homes: what has changed, what it means for you, and what the public records say.
Kinplace School League Tables 2026: the method, the top schools and how far to trust a rank
13,886 primaries, 3,255 secondaries at GCSE and 2,004 schools and colleges at A level, ranked by value added first, with bands that show how sure we are.
Read the figures →Ofsted's new report cards: how to read them next to an old rating
1,900 state schools now show a report card instead of one grade. What the five new grades are, why "expected standard" is the most common, and why a report card should not be set against an old "Good".
Read the figures →Same hour, double the price: what nurseries charge, and how far it varies
Among 1,299 nurseries whose hourly price we have read, the cheapest tenth charge £6.00 or less and the dearest tenth £12.00 or more. Even inside one county the gap is as wide.
Read the figures →How many families get their first-choice school? England, 2014 to 2026
About nine in ten families got their first-choice primary school in 2026, up from about six in seven in 2014. At secondary the rate has barely moved: about five in six.
Read the figures →Which councils make a first-choice school hardest to get? 2026
In Kensington and Chelsea about seven in ten families got their first-choice primary; in Nottinghamshire nearly all did. At secondary the range runs from Barnet to Cornwall.
Read the figures →How far did Hampshire's school offers reach in 2026?
Among Hampshire's oversubscribed Reception schools, the last child offered a place lived a median of 1.39 miles away. For oversubscribed secondaries it was 2.44 miles.
Read the figures →What do private day schools charge in 2026?
The median private day school we have read charges £19,035 a year for Year 3 and £23,652 for Year 9. The range is wide, and the dearest areas are not all in London.
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