The UK has slipped further down world education rankings as teenagers fall behind their peers in reading, maths and science.
Countries including Estonia, Slovenia and Poland have overtaken the UK as education here has ‘stagnated’, despite Labour spending billions on schools.
Britain has fallen from 17th in 2006 to 25th for reading skills among 15-year-olds, according to a major study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
In maths, the UK has dropped from 24th to 28th place, it shows.
