What's New in Merton

1,400 more nurseries and early-years settings added. We've refreshed the full early-years dataset with Ofsted's latest registration, inspection and places data, so nursery searches are more complete and up to date.

See how oversubscribed schools rank applicants. We've added the official, school-published admission criteria for over 1,500 more academies and faith schools across 131 local authorities — so you can check exactly where your child would stand before you list your preferences.

University destination figures refreshed for 218 councils

Council application and offer figures refreshed for 161 councils

University destination figures refreshed for 218 councils

Primary catchments, from real offer data. See the last distance offered — how far from each school the final Reception place reached — now live across London and England’s major cities, including Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Bristol and Bradford, plus counties from Cheshire to Nottinghamshire. Enter your postcode on a school’s Admissions tab to see how your address compares.

How school places were really offered: council allocation data is now live across 27 London boroughs and beyond — cut-off distances year by year (including March 2026 offers where councils have published them), offer counts by criterion, and per-band cutoffs at banded schools. Every covered school has a free admissions-history page, and the admissions calculator now uses this data for its verdicts.

School profiles, rebuilt around your questions. Admissions now leads with how places are actually allocated — catchment, distance, faith, feeder or entrance test — with year-by-year cut-off distances on a new admissions history page for over 2,500 schools, appeal outcomes, demand trends, and a chances estimator you can try free on your first school. Catchment maps gained dashed offer-distance rings where no official boundary is published, plus honest verdicts on how far offers reached. Scottish profiles now open with how placing requests work. Tabs are simpler (School Life and travel in one place, inspection history on the Inspection tab), term dates and re-inspection expectations surface up front, and two new guides cover moving house for a school place and Scottish catchments.

See more before you sign up. Every school profile now shows its headline spending per pupil, overall absence rate against the national average, and pupil-to-teacher ratio — free, across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Comparing schools got sharper too, with clearer money, inclusion and staffing sections.

New school facts across England: boarding, sixth form and nursery-class indicators on every profile, the actual boys/girls balance from the January census, Section 41 approval for specialist independent schools, diocese and inspectorate details, plus new search filters for sixth forms, nursery classes and boarding. You can now also browse schools by parliamentary constituency — all 543 in England. Every fact comes from the official DfE register.

Clearer school finances and inspections. Private schools now correctly show that they're inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), not Ofsted — with the ISI grading system explained. Registered-charity schools now show their Charity Commission registration on the Money tab, and schools run by their own charity show the verified income that goes with it; where a school is part of a larger multi-school trust, we no longer show the trust's group finances against the individual school. Sixth-form and further-education colleges now show Ofsted's full breakdown — quality of education, behaviour, personal development and leadership — not just the headline grade. And GCSE English & Maths pass rates are now shown accurately for independent schools that sit IGCSEs (where the official measure previously recorded a misleading 0%). Every figure still traces to the official source it came from.

Latest exam results refreshed: KS2 for 0 schools, KS4 for 0, KS5 for 2121

Latest exam results refreshed: KS2 for 0 schools, KS4 for 0, KS5 for 2148

Latest exam results refreshed: KS2 for 0 schools, KS4 for 0, KS5 for 2193

Latest exam results refreshed: KS2 for 0 schools, KS4 for 4009, KS5 for 0

Latest exam results refreshed: KS2 for 0 schools, KS4 for 4051, KS5 for 0

Latest exam results refreshed: KS2 for 13521 schools, KS4 for 0, KS5 for 0

Latest exam results refreshed: KS2 for 109 schools, KS4 for 0, KS5 for 0

Nursery profiles just got a big upgrade. You can now see who actually runs a nursery — the registered provider, and for company-run nurseries, their Companies House record: whether the company is active, how long it's been established, and whether it belongs to a larger group of nurseries under the same owner. Nurseries run by a registered charity now show their charity status, linked to the Charity Commission. And where the Food Standards Agency has rated the kitchen, the nursery's food hygiene score (0 to 5) now appears too. Every detail comes straight from the official register it was taken from — Companies House, the Charity Commission or the FSA — with the source linked so you can check it yourself.

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.