All “Primary Schools” articles

Ofsted inspects and regulates services that care for, educate, and train children and young people.

How to play the system and when you should change school from private school to state, or state school to private.

When children with special needs start at a new school, plan thoroughly. First step: familiarise your child with the new school.

We encourage parents to thoroughly research their options when starting this confusing admissions process.

The International Primary Curriculum is taught at more than 1,000 primary stage schools across 90 countries.

SATs stand for Standard Assessment Tests and are taken by children in state primary schools.

Children in Scotland complete 7 years of primary school, starting in P1 and continuing until P7 and then start secondary school.

The National Curriculum in English primary schools is a set of subjects and standards for children aged 4 to 11.

Catchment area cheats, how parents secure state school admission to the very best state schools by fair means or foul!

Parents of summer-born children often wonder whether a later start to primary school would help

Forest school is regular outdoor sessions that to enable children to develop confidence through hands-on learning.

Most boarding preps go up to year 8 because the senior boarding schools for which they prepare their pupils start in year 9.