Claim: The UK is 15th in the international educational league tables, behind Vietnam.
Fact-check: The UK's international education ranking - Full Fact
Verdict: in 2015, the uk ranked 15th in the world for the performance of 15 year olds in science, behind vietnam in 8th place. but we're not necessarily as far behind vietnam as this might suggest.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Amy Sippitt
Date published: 2017-02-24T00:00:00