Useful links

This page contains a series of links to other sites that you might find useful.
We have categorised them and included a brief explanation about the site to to help.

(Please note that the linked sites below are included for your convenience and you need to assess the relevance and accuracy of their content.)

Performance Tables

• 2006 - Top Independent Schools based on A-Level Results (Daily Telegraph)
  
• 2006 - Top 500 State Schools based on A-Level Results (Daily Telegraph)
  
• 2005 - Top 500 State Schools based on A-Level Results (Daily Telegraph)
  
• 2005 - Top Independent Schools based on A-Level Results (Daily Telegraph)
  
• 2004 - Top State and Independent Schools based on GCSE and A-Level Results (Times)
  
• 2005 and 2004 DfES Attainment Tables

Grammar School and Independent School Information

• The National Grammar School Association
  
• The Independent Schools Examination Board

Authorities

• Advice from the DfES on choosing the right schoolDfES Local Authority Search Tool
  
• Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
  
• National Curriculum Online
  
• OFSTED
  
• National Foundation for Educational Research (find out about standardised scores)

Move to secondary school

• Parenting tips on helping your child through the transition to secondary school (bbc.co.uk)

Tutor services

• www.thetutorsgroup.com provides a good source of tutors in Britain
  
• www.my-hometutor.co.uk is the site of a retired teacher who now tutors pupils privately for the Kent selection tests
  
• www.aplustutors.co.uk is a useful site (not an agency) and aims to help both students and private tutors across the U.K.
  
• www.personal-tutors.co.uk has been providing tutors nationwide since 1970
  
• www.tutors-direct.co.uk provides a directory of searchable tutors by area and subject
  
• www.afterschoollearning.com is a useful site that provides a tuition service for children wishing to transfer to selective secondary schools
  
• www.thetutorpages.com is a free directory of tutors in all subjects across the UK

School search and selection

• www.emetis.com (UK Independent schools directory and guide)
  
• www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk
  
• www.independentschools.com
  
• www.privateschools.co.uk
  
• www.schoolsearch.org.uk
  
• www.school-guidance.co.uk
  
• www.top-schools.co.uk
  
• www.ukprivateschools.com

Other guidance for parents

• www.parentsintouch.co.uk site that offers guidance through all stages of education and child development
  
• www.tigerchild.co.uk site provides a balanced source of information on raising children
  
• www.positive-parents.com site looking at building self-esteem and self belief in children to positively impact on what they can achieve

Subject specific sites

• Mathematics HQ Everything Mathematics, from A Maths Dictionary For Kids to World of Mathematics