The DfEE's School and College Performance Tables give access to the results of the National Curriculum tests in English, Mathematics and Science for all state primary and secondary schools in England from 1998, going back to 1994. Results for each year are usually published around the third week in February of the following year. The easiest way to find a school is first to identify and enter its Local Education Authority in the appropriate search box. Clicking on the name of a school will bring up further data, including its pupil attendance record. Ofsted Reports Database brings you to the site for all the published government inspection reports on state schools in England.
Reports usually appear on the Web site up to twelve weeks after the inspection has taken place.
The reports are detailed analyses of the achievements of the school in teaching and learning, curriculum, management and relationship with parents and the community. The criteria for inspection are very detailed and the training and monitoring of the inspectors is rigorous. You need Acrobat reader installed on the computer you're using to be able to read the reports. If you don't have this, it doesn't take too long to download. As the reports are lengthy, I recommend downloading them and saving them to disk, so they can be studied offline.