Ranking schools by education attainment puts unnecessary pressure on young children, making some who would normally exceed perform worse than their peers. It also ignores other important factors in a child's life such as happiness and good health, which if not nurtured, can affect a person well into adulthood.

Ranking schools by education attainment can also encourage cheating and corruption. A school is likely to encourage its pupils to cheat so that it can be ranked higher in the tables than its neighbours. It can also encourage corporal punishment for its lower attainers. In extreme cases, schools can bribe their way to the top of the league tables.

Education school rankings can be a bad thing simply because you are not comparing like for like. Two schools in the same town, but with very different cohorts should not be compared. You cannot compare education attainment of pupils with special needs with those that do not have special needs. Similarly, you cannot compare the education attainment of a pupil from a disadvantaged background with that of a pupil from an affluent background. They have different resources available to them, including quality of teacher. A disadvantaged pupil is also likely to study on an empty stomach, which inevitably affects their concentration in class. A pupil from a privileged background is likely to have had their porridge before going to class.

On possible solution is to publish a list of school performance alphabetically. You can do it by region, or at national level. It doesn't matter. By publishing it in alphabetical order, you give parents the chance to look at their children's school's performance without the humiliation discrimination of ranking.