Online house hunters will soon be able to check out on the net the best schools in the area they are looking to move to, following a tie-up between two of the UK's leading Internet groups.

From September 1 asserta home, the online home moving portal, will provide access to Schoolsnet.com, the education Web site featured in our Education section here on This is Oxfordshire, giving parents instant online information on every school in the UK.

Andy Cowlishaw, head of sales at Schoolsnet, said: This is the first exciting step in a developing relationship."