The best of the best

This page shows the 201 highest attaining primary schools in England at national curriculum Level 5 in the Key Stage 2 tests taken by 11-year-olds in 2008.

That is the level above the standard for their age group, and is usually expected of children three years older.

The table shows the aggregate score out of a maximum possible 300 achieving Level 5 in the three test subjects, English, maths and science: all the schools had at least 211.

Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

School	Area	L5
Combe Church of England Primary School	Oxfordshire	293
Hall Meadow Primary School	Northamptonshire	293
Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School	Cumbria	277
St Patrick's CofE Junior and Infant School	Solihull	273
Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School	Wandsworth	268
Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School	Wakefield	267
St Joseph's RC Junior Infant and Nursery School	Oldham	265
Hopton Primary School	Kirklees	264
Heversham St Peter's CofE Primary School	Cumbria	264
Christ Church Church of England Primary School, Shooters Hill	Greenwich	263
Bledlow Ridge School	Buckinghamshire	263
John Keble Church of England Primary School	Hampshire	263
Longstone CofE Primary School	Derbyshire	263
North Cheshire Jewish Primary School	Stockport	260
Wetheringsett Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Suffolk	258
Lady Jane Grey Primary School	Leicestershire	256
Fox Primary School	Kensington and Chelsea	256
St Germans Primary School	Cornwall	255
Westhouses Primary School	Derbyshire	255
St Michael and All Angels Church of England (Aided) Primary School	Leicestershire	254
Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Kent	253
St Dominic Catholic Primary School	Hertfordshire	253
Moseley Church of England Primary School	Birmingham	252
Allithwaite CofE Primary School	Cumbria	250
Flintham Primary School	Nottinghamshire	250
St James' Roman Catholic Primary School	Bromley	248
Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School	Durham	248
Newton Farm Nursery, First and Middle School	Harrow	247
Prestolee Primary School	Bolton	247
Kildwick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	North Yorkshire	247
Claverdon Primary School	Warwickshire	246
Foxmoor Primary School	Gloucestershire	246
St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School	Nottinghamshire	245
King David Junior School	Manchester	245
Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School	Worcestershire	245
Wilby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Suffolk	245
St Mark's Church of England Primary School	Bromley	244
Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School	Salford	243
Orchard Church of England Primary School	Leicestershire	243
Manor Primary School	Wolverhampton	242
Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary School	Wirral	242
Christ Church Primary School, Hampstead	Camden	241
Pershore, Holy Redeemer Catholic Primary School	Worcestershire	240
William Gilbert End Primary School	Derbyshire	240
Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School	Oxfordshire	240
Clenchwarton Community Primary School	Norfolk	239
Boston St Mary's RC Primary School	Lincolnshire	239
Hursthead Junior School	Stockport	238
Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Kent	237
St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa	Leeds	236
Great Missenden CofE Combined School	Buckinghamshire	236
Lambton Primary School	Sunderland	236
Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School	Kirklees	235
Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Controlled Primary School	Blackburn with Darwen	235
Bentley Church of England Primary School	Hampshire	234
Pownall Green Primary School	Stockport	233
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	Wakefield	233
Great Chesterford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Essex	233
St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School	Birmingham	233
Oakridge Primary School	Staffordshire	232
St Nicholas CE VA Primary School	Hertfordshire	232
Hasmonean Primary School	Barnet	232
Lowercroft Primary School	Bury	231
St Mary's Catholic Primary School	Waltham Forest	231
St Paul's CofE Primary School NW7	Barnet	231
Scawsby Saltersgate Junior School	Doncaster	231
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School	Leicester	230
St Finian's Catholic Primary School	West Berkshire	230
Avigdor Hirsch Torah Temimah Primary School	Brent	229
South Farnham Community Junior School	Surrey	229
Threshfield School	North Yorkshire	229
Eastington Primary School	Gloucestershire	229
Whetstone Field Primary School	Walsall	229
Greenmount Primary School	Bury	229
St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School	Nottinghamshire	229
Romsley St Kenelm's CofE Primary School	Worcestershire	229
St Paul's CofE Primary School	Enfield	229
Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary School	Bradford	229
Spinfield School	Buckinghamshire	229
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	Bradford	228
Gotherington Primary School	Gloucestershire	228
Egloskerry School	Cornwall	227
Langham Primary School	Essex	227
Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School	Warrington	227
Stockcross Church of England School	West Berkshire	227
St Mary's Catholic Primary School	South Gloucestershire	227
Roecliffe Church of England Primary School	North Yorkshire	227
Gretton Primary School	Gloucestershire	227
St Joseph's RC Primary School	Dudley	226
William Ransom Primary School	Hertfordshire	226
Enmore Church of England Primary School	Somerset	226
St Christopher's Catholic Primary School	Staffordshire	226
Woodplumpton St Anne's CofE Primary School	Lancashire	225
Rowledge Church of England Controlled Primary School	Hampshire	225
Holy Trinity Primary School	South Gloucestershire	225
The London Oratory School	Hammersmith and Fulham	225
Ripley Endowed Church of England School	North Yorkshire	225
The Pochin School	Leicestershire	225
St Therese of Lisieux Primary School	Stockton-on-Tees	225
Kneesall CofE Primary School	Nottinghamshire	225
Lothersdale Community Primary School	North Yorkshire	225
Brinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary School	Lancashire	224
Long Marston VA Church of England Primary School	Hertfordshire	224
Saint Bede's Catholic VA Primary School	Redcar and Cleveland	224
St Luke's Catholic Primary School	Cheshire	224
Montrose School	Leicester	224
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Sowerby Bridge	Calderdale	223
Yerbury Primary School	Islington	223
Woodborough Church of England Aided Primary School	Wiltshire	223
SS Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford	Oxfordshire	223
St Peter's Eaton Square CofE Primary School	Westminster	223
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School	Croydon	223
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Junior School, Reddish, Stockport	Stockport	223
Bishop Road Primary School	Bristol	223
West Hill Primary School	Devon	223
Bradleys Both Community Primary School	North Yorkshire	223
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School	Devon	223
Redhill Foundation Primary School	Derbyshire	223
St Theresa's RC School	Barnet	223
St Peter's Catholic Primary School	Tameside	222
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary	Derbyshire	222
The Deans Primary School	Salford	221
Witton-le-Wear Primary School	Durham	221
St Berteline's CofE Primary School	Halton	221
St John's Church of England (VA) Combined School, Lacey Green	Buckinghamshire	221
Highcroft Junior School	South Gloucestershire	220
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School	Birmingham	220
St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School	Somerset	220
Leighton Primary School	Cheshire	220
Dunnington CofE Primary School	Warwickshire	220
Waycroft Primary School	Bristol	219
St Osmund's Catholic Primary School	Richmond-upon-Thames	219
Mickle Trafford Village School	Cheshire	219
Bathwick St Mary Church of England Primary School	Bath and NE Somerset	219
Eastbury Farm Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School	Hertfordshire	219
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corby	Northamptonshire	218
Groombridge St Thomas' Church of England Primary School	East Sussex	218
St John Vianney RC Primary School	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	218
Baltonsborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Somerset	218
Kirk Smeaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	North Yorkshire	218
The Gerrards Cross Church of England School	Buckinghamshire	218
Bramhope Primary School	Leeds	218
Penshurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Kent	218
Stanton Harcourt CofE Primary School	Oxfordshire	218
St Gilbert's RC Primary School	Salford	217
Galley Hill Primary School	Redcar and Cleveland	217
Delph Primary School	Oldham	217
Christ Church CofE Primary School	Kensington and Chelsea	217
St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School	Buckinghamshire	217
Bidborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Kent	217
Fellside Community Primary School	Gateshead	217
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary RC Primary School	Stockton-on-Tees	217
Dunton Green Primary School	Kent	217
St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Streetly	Walsall	216
Wood End School	Hertfordshire	216
St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School	Wigan	216
Greetland Primary School	Calderdale	216
Childwall Church of England Primary School	Liverpool	216
Adlington Primary School	Cheshire	215
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School	Milton Keynes	215
Bournes Green Junior School	Southend-on-Sea	215
Danesfield School	Buckinghamshire	215
Barnes Primary School	Richmond-upon-Thames	215
Greswold Primary School	Solihull	215
St Mary's CofE Primary School	Wandsworth	215
Sandgate Primary School	Kent	215
Boxted St Peter's Church of England School	Essex	215
Newburgh Church of England Primary School	Lancashire	215
Ashdene Primary School	Cheshire	214
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School	Cheshire	214
Furneux Pelham Church of England School	Hertfordshire	214
Wyke Primary School	Surrey	214
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby	Leeds	214
St Mary's RC Primary School	Dudley	214
Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary School	Lancashire	213
Hill Top CofE Primary School	Bradford	213
Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Dorset	213
Birdlip Primary School	Gloucestershire	213
All Saints CofE (VA) Primary School, Leek Wootton	Warwickshire	213
Willow Primary School	Doncaster	213
Boringdon Primary School	Plymouth	213
Rushcroft Primary School	Oldham	213
Parkfield Primary School	Somerset	213
St John's CofE (C) Primary School	Staffordshire	213
Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School	Cheshire	213
Lingfield Primary School	Middlesbrough	213
St William's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School	Durham	213
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	Hertfordshire	212
Poulton-le-Fylde St Chad's CofE Primary School	Lancashire	212
Walker Primary School	Enfield	212
Millbrook Primary School	Tameside	212
Rooks Nest Junior, Infant and Nursery School	Wakefield	212
St Bonaventure's Catholic Primary School	Bristol	212
Worcester, Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary	Worcestershire	211
Cawthorne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Barnsley	211
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	Hertfordshire	211
Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary School	Lancashire	211
Sheen Mount Primary School	Richmond-upon-Thames	211
St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School, Cranleigh	Surrey	211
William Levick Primary School	Derbyshire	211
Staunton and Corse Church of England Primary School	Gloucestershire	211