St Teresa’s is the city’s top performer at primary level

LATEST figures from the Department for Education reveal how primary schools in Nottingham are performing.

The figures are based on the overall performance of key stage 2 pupils last year and reveal which schools in the city have the highest percentage of pupils meeting the “expected standard”.

Pupils are meeting the expected standard if they achieve a scaled score of 100 or more in their reading and maths tests.

It also takes into account whether a student’s teacher assesses them as ‘working at the expected standard’ or better in writing. The primary school with the highest percentage of students meeting the expected standard was St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School, in Kingsbury Drive.

The school had 95 per cent of students meeting the target and also had the highest percentage (33 per cent) of pupils achieving a higher standard.

The 10 primary schools that topped the data tables are as follows:

■ St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School - 95 per cent;

■ Welbeck Primary School - 89 per cent;

■ Huntingdon Academy - 88 per cent;

■ Edna G Olds Academy - 87 per cent;

■ South Wilford Endowed Cofe Primary School - 86 per cent;

■ Sneinton Street Stephen’s Cofe Primary School - 80 per cent;

■ Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School - 76 per cent;

■ Highbank Primary and Nursery School - 76 per cent;

■ St Patrick’s Catholic Primary and Nursery School - 74 per cent;

■ Haydn Primary School - 73 per cent. Of these 10 schools, eight are academies - meaning they are government funded but run by an academy trust rather than a local authority. Welbeck Primary and Haydn Primary are the only two maintained schools, which means they are government funded and run by a local authority.