Hackney's schools worst again

Schools in Hackney have been making progress

Hackney in London, whose education service is now being run by a trust, is at the bottom of the primary school results tables - again.

Hackney is the worst-performing local education authority (LEA) - although results in its schools did improve, from an average aggregate score of 197 to 210.

Schools in another London borough, Southwark, also averaged 210 but had a slightly better average points score.

At the top for the second year running is Richmond upon Thames, where the average was 262 - down one point from last year.

Of the 148 main authorities, Hartlepool improved the most - up 17 points, from 224 to 241, closely followed by Southampton (up 16 to 231).

How they compare

The biggest fallers were Rutland and Derby, which each dropped seven points to 250 and 224 respectively.

The table below shows LEAs ranked on their aggregate scores.

The second column of figures is the average points score.

The third column shows the average of the "value added" measure schools achieved.

Finally there is the level of unauthorised absence, given as a percentage of half-day school sessions that were missed.

Click the name of any LEA for a complete list of its schools and details of their performances.

Local education authority	AGG	APS	VA	Absent
Richmond upon Thames	262	28.8	100.4	0.3%
Kensington and Chelsea	261	28.4	101.4	0.4%
Wokingham	260	28.8	100.5	0.2%
Barnet	255	28.4	100.8	0.7%
Surrey	255	28.4	100.3	0.3%
Windsor and Maidenhead	255	28.3	100.2	0.4%
Harrow	254	28.3	100.5	0.2%
Isles of Scilly	254	27.6	98.8	0.4%
Kingston upon Thames	253	28.4	100.9	0.3%
Trafford	253	28.4	100.7	0.2%
Bury	252	28.1	100.2	0.2%
Warrington	252	28.1	100.3	0.6%
Bath and North East Somerset	251	28.2	100.3	0.3%
Sefton	251	28.1	100.2	0.2%
Stockport	251	28.1	100	0.3%
Rutland	250	28.3	100.4	0.1%
Bromley	250	28.2	100.1	0.7%
Hertfordshire	250	28.1	100.2	0.3%
South Gloucestershire	250	28.1	100.1	0.2%
City of London	250	28	101.4	0.3%
North Yorkshire	249	28.1	100	0.2%
Shropshire	249	28.1	100	0.1%
Bracknell Forest	249	28	100.4	0.2%
North Tyneside	249	27.9	100	0.2%
Solihull	248	28.1	99.8	0.4%
Buckinghamshire	247	28.2	100	0.3%
Dorset	247	28	100.4	0.3%
Gloucestershire	247	28	100.1	0.3%
York	247	28	99.9	0.4%
Cheshire	247	27.9	99.9	0.4%
Havering	247	27.9	100.1	0.2%
St. Helens	246	27.9	99.8	0.3%
Wirral	246	27.9	100.1	0.3%
Cambridgeshire	245	27.9	100.1	0.4%
Gateshead	245	27.9	100.2	0.3%
Hampshire	245	27.9	99.9	0.3%
North Somerset	245	27.9	100.2	0.3%
Warwickshire	245	27.9	100.1	0.2%
Calderdale	245	27.8	100	0.3%
East Riding of Yorkshire	245	27.8	99.9	0.1%
Herefordshire	245	27.8	100.2	0.2%
Leicestershire	245	27.7	99.9	0.2%
Sutton	244	27.9	99.9	0.4%
Hillingdon	244	27.8	100.3	0.6%
Westminster	244	27.8	101	0.5%
Cumbria	243	27.7	99.9	0.2%
Lancashire	243	27.7	100.2	0.3%
Redbridge	243	27.6	100.3	0.8%
West Berkshire	242	27.8	100.2	0.3%
Derbyshire	242	27.7	99.8	0.4%
Poole	242	27.7	100.1	0.4%
Staffordshire	242	27.7	99.8	0.2%
Stockton-on-Tees	242	27.7	100.1	0.3%
South Tyneside	242	27.5	100.1	0.3%
Devon	241	27.7	100	0.3%
Nottinghamshire	241	27.7	99.9	0.4%
Wigan	241	27.6	100.1	0.2%
Hartlepool	241	27.5	100.3	0.6%
Redcar and Cleveland	240	27.6	100.2	0.3%
West Sussex	240	27.6	99.8	0.2%
East Sussex	240	27.5	100.2	0.5%
Swindon	240	27.5	100.1	0.3%
Darlington	239	27.6	99.9	0.4%
Lincolnshire	239	27.6	99.9	0.3%
Northumberland	239	27.6	99.4	0.1%
Bolton	239	27.5	100.3	0.3%
Durham	239	27.5	99.8	0.2%
Somerset	239	27.5	99.9	0.3%
Oxfordshire	238	27.6	100	0.3%
Leeds	238	27.4	100.1	0.4%
Bedfordshire	237	27.5	99.7	0.2%
England	237	27.5	100	0.4%
Essex	237	27.5	100	0.4%
Northamptonshire	237	27.5	99.6	0.5%
Sunderland	237	27.4	100.1	0.2%
Tower Hamlets	237	27.2	100.5	1.2%
Croydon	236	27.5	100.1	0.8%
Worcestershire	236	27.5	99.8	0.2%
Cornwall	236	27.4	100	0.3%
Torbay	236	27.4	100	0.4%
Camden	236	27.3	100.7	0.6%
Hammersmith and Fulham	236	27.3	100.5	0.6%
Tameside	236	27.3	100.1	0.3%
Southend-on-Sea	235	27.5	99.9	0.5%
Enfield	235	27.4	100.7	0.8%
Hounslow	235	27.4	100.7	1.1%
Brent	235	27.3	100.3	0.5%
Dudley	235	27.2	99.9	0.3%
Brighton and Hove	234	27.3	100.1	0.6%
Ealing	234	27.3	100.6	0.3%
North East Lincolnshire	234	27.3	100.1	0.2%
Knowsley	234	27.2	100	0.8%
Wiltshire	233	27.4	99.7	0.3%
Suffolk	233	27.3	99.6	0.4%
Halton	233	27.2	100.1	0.5%
Wakefield	233	27.2	99.9	0.6%
Isle of Wight	232	27.2	99.4	0.1%
North Lincolnshire	232	27.2	99.4	0.2%
Plymouth	232	27.2	100.2	0.3%
Bournemouth	231	27.4	100.1	0.2%
Bexley	231	27.3	99.8	0.3%
Doncaster	231	27.2	99.7	0.3%
Merton	231	27.2	99.9	0.4%
Southampton	231	27.2	99.8	0.7%
Blackpool	231	27.1	100.4	0.7%
Coventry	231	27.1	99.9	0.3%
Norfolk	231	27.1	99.6	0.4%
Oldham	231	26.9	99.7	0.4%
Salford	230	27.1	99.7	0.6%
Barking and Dagenham	230	27	100.3	1.3%
Middlesbrough	230	27	100.2	0.4%
Wandsworth	229	27.1	100.2	0.6%
Kirklees	229	27	99.6	0.4%
Peterborough	228	27.1	100.2	0.5%
Rotherham	228	27.1	99.9	0.5%
Portsmouth	228	26.9	99.5	0.8%
Kingston Upon Hull	228	26.8	100	0.6%
Milton Keynes	227	27.1	99.9	0.2%
Newcastle upon Tyne	227	27	99.7	0.4%
Birmingham	227	26.9	99.9	0.7%
Reading	226	27.1	100.1	0.5%
Lambeth	226	27	100.6	1%
Liverpool	226	27	99.7	0.6%
Telford and Wrekin	226	27	99.5	0.3%
Kent	225	27	99.7	0.4%
Lewisham	225	26.9	100.1	1%
Derby	224	27	99.3	0.6%
Walsall	224	26.8	99.9	0.4%
Slough	223	26.9	99.4	0.7%
Newham	223	26.7	100.9	0.7%
Sheffield	222	26.8	99.8	0.8%
Thurrock	222	26.5	99.8	0.6%
Barnsley	221	26.7	99.6	0.5%
Blackburn with Darwen	221	26.6	99.9	0.5%
Waltham Forest	221	26.6	100.2	0.7%
Rochdale	220	26.7	99.8	0.8%
Luton	220	26.6	99.9	0.5%
Manchester	220	26.5	100	0.9%
Wolverhampton	220	26.5	99.8	0.6%
Stoke-on-Trent	219	26.6	99.5	0.7%
Medway	218	26.8	99.6	0.3%
Islington	218	26.6	100.4	1%
Nottingham	218	26.5	100.1	0.6%
Greenwich	217	26.5	100.3	1.2%
Bristol, City of	215	26.6	99.9	1%
Bradford	215	26.4	99.6	0.7%
Sandwell	215	26.4	99.7	0.5%
Haringey	214	26.5	100	1.2%
Leicester	212	26.2	99.8	0.7%
Southwark	210	26.2	99.6	1.7%
Hackney	210	26	100	1.2%