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Anne Congratulates Top School

Oak Tree Nursery and Primary School has come 14th in the Country for sustained improvement in aggregate of English, Maths and Science since 2003.  

Anne Snelgrove said:

“My congratulations go to the staff, Governors and parents which make Oak Tree Nursery so great.” 

“Around the country more primary school children than ever before are achieving the level expected for their age in English, Maths and Science, as shown by the Primary School Achievement and Attainment Tables published today. But I met Schools Minister Jim Knight this morning (6th Dec) and let him know my view that more needs to be done to ensure no child is left behind.”  

The forthcoming Children’s Plan will set out the next steps to build a world class education system.   

A table (including their constituency) of the top 100 schools showing sustained improvement in aggregate of English, Maths and Science since 2003 is attached.  ·       

A table with of the top 100 schools using the contextual value added measure is available here: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/pnattach/20070230/2.htm   

Nationally, the results show that: 

·        80 per cent of 11 year olds achieved the target Level 4+ in English, up 17 percentage points since 1997; 

·        77 per cent achieved Level 4+ in Maths, up 15 percentage points since 1997; and  

·        88 per cent achieved Level 4+ in Science, a jump of 19 percentage points since 1997.  

·        And the number of primary schools where fewer than 65 per cent of 11 year olds achieve the level expected for their age in English and Maths has also fallen to its lowest level. 

Education Minister Andrew Adonis said: “Tribute for today’s record results must go to pupils and teachers, standards in our primary schools have never been higher. Compared to 1997, 100,000 more 11 year olds are mastering the basics in Reading, Writing and Arithmetic.  “These results build on substantial and sustained improvement at Key Stage 2 in the last 10 years, but we are far from complacent and know there is more to do to ensure that every pupil has the opportunity to reach their full potential and we have a world class system everywhere. That is why it is right to be ambitious for what individual pupils can achieve. No child should be able to fall behind, and all children should leave primary school having achieved everything they are capable of.  “We have set ourselves stretching national targets backed by help from the Every Child a Reader and Every Child Counts programmes to support children who may be struggling with literacy and numeracy.  There will also be greater emphasis on phonics in early reading teaching and in Maths, children will focus more on mental arithmetic including learning times tables by age 8.”  

Rank School name Constituency LA NAME Type Eligible pupil number KS2 Test aggregate - 2007 KS2 Test aggregate - 2006 KS2 Test aggregate - 2005 KS2 Test aggregate - 2004 Increase in aggregate 2004-2007
1 Furrow Community School Rochdale Rochdale CY 26 285 246 162 103 182
2 Broadwater Farm Primary School Tottenham Haringey CY 57 253 211 200 87 166
3 Moor Nook Community Primary School Preston Lancashire CY 18 261 141 113 97 164
4 Elm Hall Primary School Braintree Essex CY 14 271 227 122 113 158
5 Chesterton Primary School Battersea Wandsworth CY 34 291 272 251 145 146
6 St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Vauxhall Lambeth VA 21 267 237 186 130 137
7 St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield Blaydon Gateshead VA 19 284 259 233 150 134
8 Hill Top Primary School Don Valley Doncaster CY 48 281 262 183 149 132
9 The Reddings Primary School Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire CY 20 270 252 225 140 130
10 Lowerplace Primary School Rochdale Rochdale CY 60 272 238 219 149 123
11 Boundary Primary School Blackpool South Blackpool CY 43 260 229 192 138 122
11 Rackheath Primary School Mid Norfolk Norfolk CY 17 282 273 250 160 122
13 Atlas Community Primary School Bradford West Bradford CY 28 225 156 150 104 121
14 Fair Furlong Primary School Bristol South Bristol, City of CY 44 264 259 234 148 116
14 Oak Tree Nursery and Primary School South Swindon Swindon CY 32 266 198 180 150 116
16 Thornton Primary School Knowsley South and Sefton East Sefton CY 30 257 209 180 142 115
17 Grangetown Primary School Redcar Redcar and Cleveland CY 31 235 230 139 121 114
18 Heygreen Community Primary School Liverpool, Wavertree Liverpool CY 17 288 212 196 175 113
18 Menston Primary School Shipley Bradford CY 51 282 265 262 169 113
18 Little London Community Primary School Leeds Central Leeds CY 30 220 181 121 107 113
21 Overdale Primary School Knowsley South and Sefton East Knowsley CY 27 222 169 165 112 110
22 Tudor Primary School Ealing, Southall Ealing CY 32 244 223 219 137 107
22 Holybrook Primary School Bradford North Bradford CY 17 259 194 180 152 107
24 Kings Rise Community Primary School Birmingham, Erdington Birmingham CY 34 215 155 117 109 106
25 Kingswood Primary School Dulwich and West Norwood Lambeth CY 40 280 276 241 176 104
25 Briscoe Lane Primary School Manchester Central Manchester CY 47 277 250 194 173 104
25 New Town Primary School Reading East Reading CY 30 250 210 167 146 104
    

 

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