Independent Private School League Tables 2008/09

School League Tables offer you insight into the Academic ability of schools. See also School and college achievement and attainment tables (formerly performance tables)

League tables vital for parents.
The tables should be maintained "come good news, come bad news" to allow parents to make decent judg...

The Scottish Executive said it had done away with the old performance tables in order to give parents more relevant and clearer information.

The website, accessed through the executive's parentzone Scotland site, will still feature statistics about an individual school's exam performance.

School league tables to be scrapped
Traditional league tables are expected to be scrapped as the Scottish Executive unveiled plans for "radical" changes in schools.

Education Minister Peter Peacock said he wanted to give parents "more meaningful" information on their children's progress.

He also announced a series of steps to revamp the curriculum, including the replacement of the current system of tests for five to 14-year-olds.

School league tables scrapped
The controversial school performance tables are being scrapped in Northern Ireland.

Teachers' unions are pleased, but there has been criticism that the move ignores the views of the Northern Ireland Assembly education committee.

The so-called "school league tables" have caused controversy since the government started to publish them in 1993, and three quarters of the responses to a recent consultation paper favoured abolishing them.

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