The Sunday Times has analysed five years of Parent View data — surveys that parents fill out on Ofsted's website about their children's schools, with more than 500,000 doing so every year — to find some of the happiest in the country.

And Teddington School is among the top 50.

97 per cent of parents agreed or strongly agreed that their children are happy at Teddington School.

Speaking about the news, the school's headteacher, Mr P Grills, told Teddington Nub News: "We are delighted to be recognised by parents as being somewhere students feel happy.

"We work really hard with our students and families to try and provide a first-class education for all with inclusion at the heart of all we do. Its lovely to be recognised on a national forum and even better to hear parents are really positive about our offer."

The Sunday Times looked at Parent View analysis between 2020 and 2025 and chose the year in which the largest number of surveys had been completed.

This tended to be the year of their Ofsted inspection because schools encourage parents to complete Parent View to help inspectors before their visit.

The Sunday Times included schools with at least 500 places and with surveys completed by at least 100 parents in a single year. This left 1,934 state secondary schools in England and Wales in its analysis out of the total of over 4,000.

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On average, parents were more likely to agree or strongly agree that their child was happy at grammars than at comprehensives (93 per cent compared to 82 per cent) and at boys' schools, rather than girls' schools or mixed.

With this in mind, many parents are looking beyond the exam results. A recent survey by Parentkind found 96 per cent of parents said the happiness of children at a school should be included in Ofsted inspection report cards.