British teens worse than those in Estonia at maths, science and reading

Britain's teenagers are still lagging behind other countries in maths, reading and science, an international report has found. Students from Singapore, Japan and European countries such as Estonia, Finland and Norway fare better at those subjects, the study for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found. The study, which assesses how students use their knowledge and skills in real life rather than just learning facts and figures by rote, revealed the UK was abov