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Still comparing various schools by various means. Noticed that Parent Power tables are just out - why are some schools notably absent. Ones I was looking for were Ibstock Place, Emanuel and Harrodian. I would have thought they are all comparable with St Benedicts which was there. Do some schools opt out on principle?

Some do IGSCE, some do them early - I think they are not allowed to count either of those and so do not participate as would not give true picture. As you have indentified schools you are interested in best to talk to them directly and visit - a visit will tell you a whole lot more than statistics.

Ibstock and Emanuel are listed as two of the schools that chose to withhold their results.

Also, don't know about Ibstock, but I have heard that Emmanuel is more interested in the 'rounded' pupil and fulfilling potential of the (very few) non rocket-scientists there appear to be in SW London and is less of an exam factory than some of the others, so maybe raw figures would not look good (but if you could somehow measure the 'whole-childness' maybe it would?)

What fresh hell is this?

I was wondering what it was too.....But I'm sure my boys comp won't appear! Probably because it's not in West London.

Don't worry unquietdad I was only wondering and, yes, only about West London Independents because that's what I'm researching, so no not really interested in your son's comp in some other area. Calm down already.....

Thanks for the useful answers, in fact I think stats are interesting in what they tell us and what they leave out, but they only form a part of the picture.

I don't know many (perhaps any) parents who ignore league tables completely when their children are transferring to secondary school, but of course I am in West London.

Love Unquietdad's comment.
It's a load of bollocks this education lark.

Can we do our own "Parents Power" tables for our oik schools? How does one go about getting them recognised?

Well we're at a state school so we wouldn't even be on the oik list[hmmm]

I thought this site was for networking and asking advice from those with similar questions/problems. You have labelled your children's schools 'oik', I didn't use that term. Many others have asked school-specific, area-specific questions, so what? Didn't expect to be attacked just for asking a question, blimey!

BTW Deadei seems like you are trying for Sutton Grammar..... obviously not interested in league tables and performance stats then?

The senior school attached to the dc's junior school sent a letter our last summer saying that as they were doing IGCSE their maths results would show as 0% in league tables.