We’ve compiled a list of our favourite online games for 1 - 6 year olds. Click here to see them.

If you know some good games then please tell us and we’ll add them. As Christmas approaches we need all the help we can get…Just add a comment below.

We have now uploaded this year’s performance league tables. Here’s how the tables have changed since last year:

• On average, Key Stage 2 (Year 11) SATs performance has improved from 81% to 82% of children achieving the target grade.
• 52% of primary schools performed better than last year.
• 48% of primary schools performed worse than last year.

The new league tables do not greatly affect the tables you find here on Find My School, because our ratings are based on the more reliable and respected Ofsted inspections. The only time we use these figures is to separate schools that have very similar Ofsted results.

This year’s school performance league tables are published today. This post is just a reminder that our ratings are not based on those performance league tables, but on a much more reliable and consistent source - the Ofsted inspection.

We do however use the league tables ‘raw results’ to provide you with as much information as possible about the school. We will be updating our system over the next few days to include the latest 2007 results.

It is refreshing to see that The Guardian is not publishing a “league table” of results this year. Instead only an alphabetical listing will be provided. This reflects the growing unrest and lack of confidence in the entire performance tables system. Many people are predicting a significant change in the Government’s policy on league tables next year.

We analysed 1,737  Ofsted reports in November. The breakdowns are as follows:

Compared to October, there is a huge jump in inadequate secondary schools, from 3% to 10%. Also of some interest is the upward surge of ‘Outstanding’ providers; from 10% last month to 15% this month.