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1. Your child. Gifted, average, SEN? How will a child like yours fare at any particular school? Get the inside track on English schools that REALLY get results.
2. Your catchment area. English state school admissions a worry? Don't move home without checking our unique catchment area maps.
3. Your schools search and 'My Schools'.  Our free search is great but subscribers have added extras, to help uncover the real gems and to store and compare schools of interest. 
4. Your insight into exams. Analyse KS2, GCSE and A-level examination performances at English schools; you'll be amazed by the results.
5. Your child's subject choices. Great school, shame about maths? Subscribers identify which schools are subject leaders. Ideal for anyone looking to find a good English secondary or senior school.
6. Your child's university aspirations. Worried about university discrimination? See the universities that schools send pupils to and the courses they follow.
7. Your school choices. See which schools pupils come from and where they move on to (for virtually all English state schools). 
8. Our unique UK school reviews of 1000+ hand-picked 'good schools'. Twenty-five years of visiting schools, quizzing parents, pupils, heads and informed locals make for authoritative, informed, witty, opinionated and fiercely independent reviews. Essential reading for parents who want the best for their children. Look for   
9. Our expert education advice. We challenge you to ask a question not dealt with authoritatively and readably on our site. No other education website comes near.
10. Our unparalleled Special Educational Needs resource. Expert and informative articles, data on everything from mild dyslexia to rare and complex conditions, intelligent 'how-to' advice  - all written with inside knowledge and experience.
    

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We offer lots of expert help and advice on schools and schooling

On a range of educational issues, including:

• School admissions advice
• Tutors tutoring and school entry examinations
• Special educational needs
• How to find the right school...
• Universities

and so much more.

Some are free others are available only to our subscribers.

Is your house on the right side of the street?

Don't buy the family home without consulting our catchment area maps!

We have school catchment* area maps, available to subscribers, that show which areas children, at any particular English state school, come from.  

*Catchment maps are produced for English state schools only. English prep schools and English infant schools do not have any public examination results.

For individual English schools* Subscribers get the inside track on:

• How well a school performs.
• Which schools do best by the brightest, the average or below average child. 
• Who adds the most value.
• Which schools a particular school recruits from and where children move onto.
• The universities sixth-formers go on to and the courses they follow. 
• The types of courses available - just GCSEs and A-levels or vocational, IB Pre-U and other options? 
• What subjects are popular at a school and which get the best results.

Even good schools can have weak links 

Great results can mask a poor showing in an individual subject or department - make sure it isn't a subject that matters to your child. Please note data is not usually available for prep schools as pupils do not take public examinations, nor are prep schools obliged to keep records of value-added etc. 

*Catchment maps are produced for English state schools only. English prep schools do not have any public examination results.

You have a short-list of schools - now what? 

Well you could opt for the school that has the uniform you like best or, if you are a subscriber,  you could compare the schools* via My Schools to see which really is best for your child. 

And of course you'll want to consult our check-lists on questions to ask when visiting schools and, whether your opting for a state school, a selective school or an independent school we recommend you check out our trusted advice on school admissions. 

*Catchment maps are produced for English state schools only. English prep schools and state infant schools do not have any public examination results.

Do children progress to university?

Will this school set your child on the right path?

For the very first time we bring you brand new data on which courses youngsters go on to study what universities. 

Different - is that your child? 

Thankfully children are different .

On this website we review a number of special schools - reviews that are not available in the current printed guide...and In Sussing Out Schools And Horses for Courses we recognise that what suits one child would be a nightmare for others.

We feature all schools so why are we called The Good Schools Guide?

• Twenty five years ago we set-out to uncover the best schools in the country based on what parents were telling us. That hasn't changed. The printed guide is still available to purchase from our online store. The candid reviews are available both in The Guide and to our online subscribers.

 

• Today there are 1100+ schools (out of more than 30,000 schools in the UK) that we think are particularly noteworthy; schools that parents rave about. We research, visit and independently review those schools then write our expert, trusted, candid reviews. These provide a bench-mark but importantly they help parents work out what is important for their child.  We've done the hard-work and asked the questions prospective parents dare not.

 

• We have a positive outlook  - we try to help you find great schools but importantly to uncover the right school for your child. We have a wealth of advice and information - to guide you every step of the way - from first thoughts to final decisions. 

 

• We celebrate teaching excellence; look out for senior schools that have received our prestigious Good Schools Guide Awards.

 

• We want to give you great information on all schools so you can make the right choice for your child. We offer help, advice and guidance because we want your child's school days  to genuinely be among the happiest days of their life. 

 

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The NOT so small print

1. On this website we feature all 30,000+ UK schools. We  have reviewed approximately 1200 'hand-picked' schools indicated via  If you are only interested in particular schools and their reviews (rather than all else, includng exams data and catchment) please check they are reviewed. Use 'Find A School' - 'More Search Options' - 'In GSG'  to see a list of all reviewed schools. 

2. Catchment area maps are a feature for English state schools only. Welsh schools, Scottish schools, NI schools, Independent schools and others do not have catchment area maps. The catchment area maps serve as a guide but cannot be used to guarantee admission to a particular school. Catchment areas and schools admissions criteria can, and often do, change annually.

   We have extensive data for English schools only. We hope to include other areas within the UK in due course. However, we do carry indepth reviews of schools from across Britain. 

3. Subscription fees quoted are for individual, personal use only. Multi-use and business / corporate rates are available on request. 

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