A big rise in state schools rated among the best…

A big rise in state schools rated among the best institutions in the country is revealed in the latest edition of the Good Schools Guide. Middle-class parents facing financial pressures in the 1 are increasingly looking beyond the private sector to educate their children. The 23 year-old Good Schools Guide – a 2 reference book for fee-paying families set on the best private school – has increased the number of state schools in this year’s edition to 251, pushing the figure to more than a quarter of its 1,000 entries for the first time. 3 why the guide has more than doubled the number of schools it features outside the private sector in only five years, Sue Fieldman, regional editor, told the Financial Times: "The parents we speak to want more information on the state 4 and the best it has to offer."