The latest school league tables are often the first port of call for parents in England when choosing schools - but what do they measure and how reliable are they as a gauge of school quality?

Recently, Chemistry Solutions caught up with Michael Dayah, creator of ptable.com — one of the first online periodic tables. We asked him to share his story about how he created ptable.com as a high ...

The way secondary school league tables in England are now devised is unfairly stigmatising schools in white working-class areas, head teachers say. They say the format is "toxic" for schools with ...