Posted on Friday 2nd Sep 2016
London pupils outperformed the rest of England in this year's tougher primary school tests, with a 28 percentage point gap between the best and worst performing local authorities.
In the London borough of Richmond, 67% of 11-year-olds reached the required standard in reading, writing and maths, according to provisional results.
But only 39% of 11-year-olds in Peterborough met the standard.
Head teachers' leader Russell Hobby said it indicated a system in chaos.
Schools minister Nick Gibb said the majority of pupils had performed well, adding that he wanted this success "to be the standard".
This year's tests, taken by 11-year-olds in England in May, were more demanding than those in previous years and based on a new curriculum.
Overall, just over 53% of children in state-funded schools met the grade in all three sets of tests.
In 2015, 80% met the standard - but those figures are not regarded as being comparable because they were under the previous system that was dropped this year.
Last year, under the old system, the gap between the highest performing areas, at 90%, and the lowest, at 73%, was narrower than this year.
The detailed provisional figures for this year show the highest performing local authorities concentrated in London, and parts of the North East and South East.
The poorest performing are in the West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, the East Midlands and East of England.
This is a similar spread to that seen in recent years, according to the government statistical release, which also points out that that there was a small number of local authorities with "more extreme values".
Can't find what you are looking for?
Don't worry, please call us anyway to discuss your ideal job.
Latest News
18/12/24Worry for staff and children as London council moves ahead with plans to close Kent special school
Staff at a residential special school in Kent, which is run by a London council, have voiced worries about plans to close the facility down. Wandsworth Council is moving forward with plans to shut down Bradstow School in Broadstairs due to escalating financial pressures.
17/12/24Schools given £740m to adapt buildings for Send pupils
The government has announced £740m of funding to increase the number of places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) in mainstream schools in England. ??The money, part of the £6.7bn of education spending announced in the Budget, will be targeted towards adapting school buildings to make them more accessible.
10/12/24Starmer wants 75% of children ‘school-ready’ by 2028
Target of three in four reception pupils at a 'good' level of development is one of six key 'milestones'
09/12/24Kent school where pupils feel 'safe and happy' named The Sunday Times 'best in the South East'
A Kent school has been named the best secondary school in the South East by The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2025. The highest-achieving primary and secondary schools across the UK have been ranked by the paper, which said its survey is "widely acknowledged as the most authoritative".
06/12/24Ofsted "alarmed" by absences and "flexi-schooling."
The “alarming” level of children missing school has become a “stubborn and damaging issue”, according to the chief inspector of Ofsted, England's schools regulator. Sir Martyn Oliver said he was also worried about a rise in "flexi-schooling", where parents educate their children at home for part of the week. It is not clear how many children are taught in this manner. The Department for Education (DfE) said the government was putting education "back at the forefront of national life". Ofsted's annual report said attendance issues had "deepened" since the pandemic.