Kent has 33 grammar schools, Buckinghamshire 13, Medway 6 and Slough 4. In the top thirty schools at A level, it is almost exclusively selective schools; one or two are sixth form colleges. At GCSE, the area in the South East (and England) with the highest results is consistently Bucking...
The Rise of Super Strict Schools in England - "‘You Can Hear a Pin Drop’. Inspired by the academic success of schools like the Michaela secondary school in northwest London, some principals are introducing tight controls on students' behavior." The world's most exclusive boarding schools -...
Faith schools and academies should be stripped of their power to choose pupils, according to research that suggests that some secondary schools are flouting new rules designed to prevent middle-class pupils dominating the best comprehensives. Researchers at the London School of Economics, who studied...
Bletchley Park, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, was the central site of the United Kingdom's Government Code and Cypher School, which during the Second World War regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers – most importantly the German Enigma and Lore...
单项选择题High in the mountains of southern France, the sleepy town of Aurillac has few obvious charms to attract the outsider. If the setting is scenic, its claims to fame are slender: a thriving umbrella industry and a reputation as the coldest place in the country. Understandably, the ...