What's New in Merton

England data refresh: nursery Ofsted ratings now include up to three inspections of history, independent schools show the new report-card judgements and standards compliance, pupil premium funding appears for over 21,000 schools, and this year's census, workforce and exam results are in — every figure from the official publisher, with sources linked.

Latest exam results refreshed: KS2 for 0 schools, KS4 for 0, KS5 for 2328

Latest exam results refreshed: KS2 for 0 schools, KS4 for 4297, KS5 for 0

Latest exam results refreshed: KS2 for 14366 schools, KS4 for 0, KS5 for 0

Welsh school profiles just got a major upgrade: over 2,000 historic Estyn inspection judgements (2010–2022) now appear with scored history charts, every school's current Estyn follow-up status is freshly synced from the live register, school budgets and reserves are complete for all five recent years, and 17 newly registered Welsh schools have joined the directory — every figure traced to the published report or official dataset it came from.

Northern Ireland school profiles just got their biggest upgrade yet: applications-vs-places admissions data for 188 post-primary and 758 primary schools (how many families applied, how many got in), school budgets for over 1,000 schools, teacher numbers and pupil-teacher ratios for around 1,100 schools across four years, and the latest ETI inspection outcomes with links to the full reports — every figure from the Department of Education, the Education Authority or ETI, with the source linked.

Northern Ireland exam results updated: 2037 records across 1117 schools.

Northern Ireland exam results updated: 343 records across 186 schools.

Northern Ireland exam results updated: 1998 records across 1098 schools.

Scotland just got our biggest single-day data upgrade. Scottish league tables now rank on the 2024/25 results — the most recent the Scottish Government has published — covering National 5s, Highers and Advanced Highers for every state secondary. Every Scottish secondary's profile gained a Leaver Outcomes section: the share of leavers going on to university, college, work or training, the size of the leaving cohort, and literacy and numeracy pass rates, each shown against the Scotland average. Pro members can now follow ten years of a school's results history (2015/16 to 2024/25), see how attainment differs across deprivation backgrounds at the same school (the SIMD equity picture behind the headline pass rates), and check attendance, absence and persistent-absence rates for around 2,400 Scottish schools. Two things parents can't easily find anywhere else: every council-run school in Scotland now shows its official building condition and suitability ratings (the A-to-D bands councils report to the Scottish Government, on around 2,400 schools), plus teacher numbers, pupil-teacher ratios and average class sizes. Accuracy got stricter too: every figure on a Scottish school page is now that school's own published number — never a council average standing in for it — and where the Scottish Government withholds a small school's figure to protect pupils' privacy, we show nothing rather than a guess. Finally, Education Scotland inspection histories were repaired for 839 schools whose most recent inspection wasn't being counted in their inspection story.

More independent schools now show verified fees and university destinations — pulled straight from each school's own fee schedule and leavers' page, with the source linked so you can check every figure.

Redbridge — admissions allocation data added for 19 schools (Year 7)

Council application and offer figures refreshed for 152 councils

We've added the published admission criteria for around 1,400 more schools across England. If you're looking at a school in Norfolk, Devon, Cornwall, Wiltshire, Somerset, Worcestershire, Hertfordshire, Lancashire, Essex, Hampshire, Birmingham, Surrey, Kent, Cambridgeshire, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, North Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, West Sussex, East Sussex, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford, Bristol, the Cheshires, County Durham, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Kirklees, or one of the London boroughs (Croydon, Lambeth, Greenwich, Ealing, Barnet, Bromley, Wandsworth, Merton, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster) — you'll now see the ranked rules that school uses to decide who gets a place when there are more applicants than spots: siblings, distance, faith requirements, feeder schools, looked-after-children priority. Every entry comes from the school's own published admission arrangements with a link back to the source document. Where a school doesn't publish an ordered list, the section stays blank rather than us guessing.

This week we made comparing schools easier across the whole UK. Wales now has its own league-table page, alongside Scotland and Northern Ireland's. Every Northern Ireland school in the tables now links to its full inspection report, and rank arrows show whether a school has moved up or down since last year. Sixth-form tables have a new toggle to hide specialist Maths schools — useful if you're comparing regular sixth forms side by side. Five new tools have landed on our SEND and mental-health guides: an EHCP deadline calculator that works out the dates your council has to respond by; a Pupil Premium eligibility check; a finder for schools that specialise in social, emotional and mental-health needs; a step-by-step picker for what to do when a child won't go to school; and a quick check on whether you've got grounds to appeal a school place refusal. Compare pages now show which trust or academy chain each school belongs to, plus the ranked criteria it uses to choose between applicants when there are more applications than places. Where a school doesn't publish a figure, we leave the cell blank rather than guess.

Big expansion of admissions and catchment data. We've added the determined oversubscription criteria for thousands more schools: LA-coordinated community/voluntary-controlled criteria for Hertfordshire, Surrey, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, Bradford, Buckinghamshire, Sheffield and a refreshed Birmingham, plus Flintshire (the first Welsh authority); and the individual published criteria for every school in the Sigma Trust, Greenshaw Learning Trust and Hackney's own-admission-authority schools — including how banded and aptitude intakes (e.g. Grey Coat, Holland Park, Mossbourne, Wallington Grammar) actually allocate places, now shown on the school page. We also added verified council catchment-area boundaries for Devon, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Norfolk and Bristol (every polygon matched to its exact school), and last-year furthest-offer distances for Birmingham and Southwark. Every figure is taken from the authority's or school's own published arrangements with a link to the source; where a school does not publish an ordered list, nothing is shown rather than a guess.

School pages now show the actual oversubscription criteria — the ranked rules a school uses to decide who gets a place when it has more applicants than places. We've added the determined community and voluntary-controlled criteria for 17 English local authorities (including Hampshire, Lancashire, Essex, Kent and Birmingham), plus the individual published criteria for selective grammar, faith and academy schools that set their own — including Kent-Test detail for 22 Kent grammars. Every entry is extracted from the authority's or school's own published admission arrangements with a link back to the source; where a school does not publish an ordered list, nothing is shown rather than a guess.

Who runs the school — now visible on every state school in England. Leadership & Governance now lists the current Chair of Governors, Chair of Trustees, and counts of governors / trustees / members straight from the DfE GIAS register. Plus new academy-trust profile pages at /trusts list every member school, leadership team, and Companies House details.

Cheshire East — admissions allocation data added for 20 schools (Year 7)

Portsmouth — admissions allocation data added for 51 schools (Reception)

Brighton and Hove — admissions allocation data added for 42 schools (Reception)

Dorset — admissions allocation data added for 111 schools (varies-per-file)

North East Lincolnshire — admissions allocation data added for 46 schools (Reception)

Manchester — admissions allocation data added for 136 schools (Reception)

Birmingham — admissions allocation data added for 48 schools (Year 7)

Sutton — admissions allocation data added for 49 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Lewisham — admissions allocation data added for 3 schools (Year 7)

Hampshire — admissions allocation data added for 419 schools (Reception + Year 3 + Year 7)

New tool: UK Year-Group Advisor for international families. Pick your origin from 14 countries (India, Hong Kong, Nigeria, Pakistan, USA, Philippines, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, South Africa, China — plus the four UK nations for cross-border moves), enter your child's age and arrival month, and get the likely UK Year placement and the highest-priority transition risk to plan around. Pro adds a 12-month risk timeline, save up to 5 child profiles, and a one-page PDF summary. Plus 11 country-specific origin guides and a foundational UK Private School System guide that explains the terminology (independent / private / "public school"), what HMC / GSA / IAPS membership signals, and where to go next for fees, admissions, boarding and scholarships.

Ceredigion — admissions allocation data added for 34 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Carmarthenshire — admissions allocation data added for 91 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Pembrokeshire — admissions allocation data added for 54 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Flintshire — admissions allocation data added for 55 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Newport — admissions allocation data added for 48 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Cardiff — admissions allocation data added for 111 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Wrexham — admissions allocation data added for 50 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Torfaen — admissions allocation data added for 28 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Swansea — admissions allocation data added for 72 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Rhondda Cynon Taf — admissions allocation data added for 89 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Powys — admissions allocation data added for 80 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Neath Port Talbot — admissions allocation data added for 52 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Monmouthshire — admissions allocation data added for 33 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Merthyr Tydfil — admissions allocation data added for 18 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Gwynedd — admissions allocation data added for 67 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Denbighshire — admissions allocation data added for 47 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Conwy — admissions allocation data added for 49 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Vale of Glamorgan — admissions allocation data added for 48 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Caerphilly — admissions allocation data added for 71 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Bridgend — admissions allocation data added for 54 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Bridgend — admissions allocation data added for 55 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Blaenau Gwent — admissions allocation data added for 22 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Isle of Anglesey — admissions allocation data added for 31 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Vale of Glamorgan — admissions allocation data added for 42 schools (Reception)

Ceredigion — admissions allocation data added for 36 schools (Reception)

Pembrokeshire — admissions allocation data added for 51 schools (Reception)

Carmarthenshire — admissions allocation data added for 87 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Flintshire — admissions allocation data added for 60 schools (Reception)

Tameside — admissions allocation data added for 87 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Dorset — admissions allocation data added for 108 schools (varies-per-file)

West Northamptonshire — admissions allocation data added for 74 schools (Reception + Year 7)

East Sussex — admissions allocation data added for 165 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Hertfordshire — admissions allocation data added for 58 schools (Year 7)

Barnet — admissions allocation data added for 26 schools (Year 7)

Cambridgeshire — admissions allocation data added for 88 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Newport — admissions allocation data added for 42 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Cardiff — admissions allocation data added for 85 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Wokingham — admissions allocation data added for 52 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Cheshire East — admissions allocation data added for 21 schools (Year 7)

Buckinghamshire — admissions allocation data added for 181 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Walsall — admissions allocation data added for 18 schools (Year 7)

Solihull — admissions allocation data added for 14 schools (Year 7)

Greenwich — admissions allocation data added for 76 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Cardiff — admissions allocation data added for 8 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Brighton and Hove — admissions allocation data added for 42 schools (Reception)

Manchester — admissions allocation data added for 135 schools (Reception)

Surrey — admissions allocation data added for 291 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Kensington and Chelsea — admissions allocation data added for 8 schools (Year 7)

Westminster — admissions allocation data added for 13 schools (Year 7)

Lewisham — admissions allocation data added for 3 schools (Year 7)

Hillingdon — admissions allocation data added for 72 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Hounslow — admissions allocation data added for 64 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Harrow — admissions allocation data added for 49 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Bedford — admissions allocation data added for 66 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Bradford — admissions allocation data added for 34 schools (Year 7)

Barking and Dagenham — admissions allocation data added for 12 schools (Year 7)

Islington — admissions allocation data added for 49 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Newham — admissions allocation data added for 86 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Havering — admissions allocation data added for 18 schools (Year 7)

Haringey — admissions allocation data added for 12 schools (Year 7)

Bexley — admissions allocation data added for 15 schools (Year 7)

Sutton — admissions allocation data added for 49 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Richmond upon Thames — admissions allocation data added for 52 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Wokingham — admissions allocation data added for 10 schools (Year 7)

Croydon — admissions allocation data added for 23 schools (Year 7)

West Sussex — admissions allocation data added for 40 schools (Year 7)

Surrey — admissions allocation data added for 263 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Waltham Forest — admissions allocation data added for 65 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Redbridge — admissions allocation data added for 19 schools (Year 7)

Hounslow — admissions allocation data added for 19 schools (Year 7)

Brent — admissions allocation data added for 68 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Bristol — admissions allocation data added for 3 schools (Year 7)

Harrow — admissions allocation data added for 38 schools (Reception)

Hillingdon — admissions allocation data added for 58 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Southwark — admissions allocation data added for 27 schools (Reception)

Lambeth — admissions allocation data added for 16 schools (Year 7)

Tower Hamlets — admissions allocation data added for 31 schools (Reception + Year 7)

Hackney — admissions allocation data added for 65 schools (Reception + Year 7)

169 Education Scotland inspection reports published

Latest exam results refreshed: KS2 for 15166 schools, KS4 for 0, KS5 for 0

Pro Admissions Distance Checker rewritten. Drop your home postcode against the latest distance-of-last-offer data and get a plain-English verdict for every nearby school: catchment-confirmed, last-offer distance, lookup-required, transfer-test (Northern Ireland), or fees-apply. Plus: bilingual badges added on every Welsh-medium (Cymraeg), Gaelic-medium (Gàidhlig), and Irish-medium (Gaeilge) school profile.

Three new dimensions on every school profile. Place & Setting: see if a school sits in a conservation area, alongside a listed building, or inside a national park — full 4-nation heritage join across Historic England, Cadw (Wales), Historic Environment Scotland, and Historic Environment NI. Air quality: annual NO₂, PM2.5, and PM10 readings from DEFRA's UK-AIR Pollution Climate Mapping mapped to each school's location. Live academy openings: newly-opening academies and free schools now appear within a month of opening, with conversion announcements and predecessor school links.

Source transparency on every fact. Every number on a school profile now traces back to a specific source URL with a verified-on date — hover any data point to see exactly where it came from and when it was last checked. Every AI-drafted guide, blog post, and AI-extracted figure (fees, admissions distances, university destinations) now shows the AI byline plus the source-page link, so you always know what was machine-extracted vs human-verified.

AI Advisor and Ofsted Report Card Decoder both live. Ask any question about any school and get a sourced answer in seconds — the new AI Advisor reads every inspection, dataset, and admissions rule on the platform and tailors each reply to the schools on your shortlist. Plus: plug in any grade from Ofsted's November 2025 framework and the Report Card Decoder explains what it actually means for your child, in plain English.

15 years of historical Ofsted inspection data now live. See every school's full inspection trajectory back to 2005 (108,000+ records covering KS2, GCSE, and A-level performance from 2010–2025) — with framework-aware grade comparison so you can read the long-term trend properly through Ofsted's changing inspection regimes.

Three new free tools launched. The School Type Quiz: answer 7 questions and find out which type of school might suit your child best — state, grammar, faith, independent, or specialist. The Admissions Appeal Quiz: answer 8 questions to assess whether you have grounds for an admissions appeal and how strong your case is. The School Timeline: enter your child's date of birth and see every key admissions deadline, application date, and transition point through their school years.

55 in-depth parent guides now live. SEND, faith schools, appeals, moving home, sixth form, the 11+, fees and bursaries, boarding, EAL, home education — each guide carries worked examples and step-by-step timelines. Plus: 681 borough-specific ranking pages added, covering top primaries, top secondaries, grammar schools, special schools, and sixth-form options for every UK borough with sufficient data.

2024/25 GCSE and A-Level results published — the latest Progress 8, Attainment 8, and A-Level scores now available.

2024/25 KS2 results published by the DfE — SATs scores and progress measures updated for the latest academic year.

Pro subscriptions are now live. £3.99/month or £29.99/year — instant access to all premium features including the Pro Admissions Distance Checker, full league tables, unlimited AI School Matcher, the year-group-advisor 12-month timeline, child profiles, and downloadable PDF summaries. The free tier remains rich — Pro adds depth for families making real decisions.

Ofsted Early Years sub-grades added for nurseries — see quality of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership ratings.

Application window dates added — see exactly when applications open and close for each school in the current admissions cycle.

Fee projection tool added — forecast what school fees will cost in 5, 10, or 15 years with inflation and VAT adjustments.

Fee comparison tool launched — compare fees across independent schools by phase, region, and boarding type in one view.

Three platform-wide upgrades. AI School Matcher: answer five questions about your priorities and get personalised school recommendations scored to your preferences. Travel-time map isochrones: the explorer map now shows how far you can travel in 10, 20, or 30 minutes by walking, cycling, or driving from any postcode. Borough area summaries: every borough page now opens with key education metrics compared against national averages so you can see local strengths and gaps at a glance.

Sibling priority callouts added to the Admissions tab — clearly see which schools give priority to siblings and how it affects your chances.

Welsh exam results updated — 6,369 records across 3,235 schools covering Welsh Baccalaureate, GCSEs, and A-Levels.

Percentile rankings added — every school now shows where it sits nationally (e.g. top 10% for Progress 8).

A-Level trend data now spans 13 years for 4,100+ sixth forms — track A*-A rates and average point scores year by year.

GCSE trend data now spans 15 years for 6,300+ secondary schools — see how Progress 8 and Attainment 8 scores have changed over time.

KS2 trend data now spans 15 years for 15,600+ primary schools — spot whether results are improving or declining over time.

15 years of historical exam data loaded — 239,000+ records from 2010 to 2025. See long-term performance trends on every school profile.

Admissions predictor enhanced with historical distance trends — predictions now factor in whether catchment areas are shrinking or growing.

2025/26 admissions round data published — the latest application numbers, offers made, and last distances offered for 18,392 schools.

VAT impact calculator updated — see pre-VAT and post-VAT fees side by side, reflecting the January 2025 policy change.

Admissions competitiveness badges added — schools now show demand ratios so you can see at a glance how oversubscribed they are.

Scholarships and bursaries data added — see available awards, eligibility criteria, and discount percentages at independent schools.

Detailed fee breakdowns added — see line items for tuition, lunch, uniform, technology levy, trips, and other mandatory costs.

Sibling discount information added — see which independent schools offer fee reductions for siblings and by how much.

Ofsted Report Card grades now supported — the new 5-point scale (Exceptional to Urgent Improvement) introduced from November 2025.

Catchment probability estimates launched — see your chances of getting a place based on your postcode and historical admission distances.

68,000+ schools and nurseries now on School Atlas — the most comprehensive UK school database, covering all 4 nations and 222 local authorities.

All 4 UK inspection bodies now covered — Ofsted (England), Education Scotland, Estyn (Wales), and ETI (Northern Ireland) in one place.

Northern Ireland school results added — GCSE and A-Level performance data for 1,500+ NI schools.

Scottish nurseries added from the Care Inspectorate — early years providers across all 32 council areas now searchable.

ETI inspection data added for Northern Ireland — ratings from Outstanding to Requires Urgent Improvement for 1,555 schools.

Scottish school attainment data added — literacy and numeracy outcomes for 2,400 Scottish schools across 6 years.

1,555 Northern Ireland schools added — completing four-nation UK coverage across all 11 councils.

2,396 Scottish schools added — from Edinburgh to the Highlands, covering all 32 council areas.

Education Scotland inspections added — grades on the 6-point scale (Excellent to Unsatisfactory) for 2,400 Scottish schools.

AI-powered admissions PDF extraction — council admissions booklets from 29 London boroughs processed for school-level distance data.

2025/26 fee schedules published for 422 independent schools across England — from nursery through to sixth form.

Estyn inspection reports added for Welsh schools — narrative evaluations covering teaching, wellbeing, and leadership.

2,800+ Welsh schools added — primaries, secondaries, and Welsh-medium schools from Estyn and the Welsh Government.

11 years of national admissions data loaded — 179,000+ records from 2014/15 to 2025/26 covering applications, offers, and distances.

National exam results loaded — KS2 results for 15,600+ primaries and GCSE results for 6,300+ secondaries across all of England.

Ofsted data loaded nationwide — 43,000+ inspection records covering every state school in England, with reports dating back to 2006.

26,500+ English schools added — every state, independent, nursery, and special school in England from the DfE GIAS register.

All 33 London boroughs now covered — thousands of schools across the capital from Barnet to Bromley, Ealing to Greenwich.

Admissions data expanded to all 33 London boroughs — catchment distances and application numbers for every London school.

Exam results expanded across all 33 London boroughs — KS2, GCSE, and A-Level data now available for every London school.

Ofsted inspection data expanded to all 33 London boroughs — ratings for every state-funded school in London.

Boarding fees, registration fees, and deposits now shown alongside day fees for independent schools that offer boarding.

Fee data expanded to Merton, Richmond, and Kingston independent schools — compare fees across neighbouring boroughs.

Oversubscription criteria now shown — see the full priority order each school uses to allocate places (siblings, distance, faith, etc.).

University destination data published — see where school leavers go after sixth form, including Russell Group percentages.

Admissions data added for Merton and Richmond — PAN, oversubscription criteria, and last distances offered.

Merton schools added — the first multi-borough expansion, bringing new primaries, secondaries, and nurseries.

ISI inspection reports added for independent schools — see whether standards are Met or Not Met across educational quality and compliance.

Council-specific admissions data extracted for Wandsworth — detailed catchment distances from borough PDF publications.

Independent school fees data launched — termly and annual fees for Wandsworth prep and senior schools, with VAT clearly shown.

A-Level results added — average point scores, A*-A percentages, and value-added measures now shown for sixth forms.