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Which schools add the most value for their intake — from official government data — plus emerging trends from 7 anonymous student ratings as coverage grows.
Raw league tables mostly rank schools by their intake — affluent schools dominate. These schools do the opposite: they achieve the most above what's typical for schools with a similar share of disadvantaged pupils. It is the fairest answer to “which schools add the most value?”
Value-added = a school's result minus the median result of schools in its free-school-meals band (national, within phase). Source: Department for Education.
The national average Student Score across all rated schools is 4.4/10.
We only publish regional, dimension, and phase breakdowns once enough schools have student ratings for the averages to be meaningful (at least 50 ratings across 20 schools). With 7 ratings so far, these comparisons would be misleading, so they are hidden until coverage grows. In the meantime, explore official government data on every school via the leaderboard and school directory.
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