Overview
- Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet leads the national state secondary rankings and takes London’s state secondary honours.
- Reading School secures the South East title again and is placed 10th in the UK.
- Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School is named North West Comprehensive School of the Year, and the University of Liverpool Maths School takes State Sixth Form College of the Year.
- The guide ranks schools chiefly on summer 2025 A-level and GCSE results (KS2 for primaries) with editorial assessment, noting some schools are absent where results were unavailable.
- Parents can search a database of more than 2,000 schools online, as editor Helen Davies praises staff innovation in a testing year for budgets, mental health and special educational needs.