Education


School reviews

Hopscotch boxes in playground

Is your child's nursery or school on Mumsnet's Local listings? If not, add a review; if it is, add your comments. Just use the dropdown list in your Local site and search by postcode or street.

Primary school SATs

Pencil sharpener, pencil and shavings

If you've got children in Years 2 or 6, then you'll need to know your Key Stages from your Levels. So here's a potted guide to what SATs involve and plans afoot to change them.


Lunchbox dos and don'ts

Sandwich stack

Culinary advice on how to transform the Tupperware tyranny that is packed lunches (and, no, we're not talking Greggs sausage rolls and Fruit Shoots).

Surviving the school run

Alarm clock set for 7am

Mumsnetters' top 40 crucial tips (and bribes) for transferring children from bedroom to classroom on time. Mornings will never be the same again.


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