A league table showing the performance of primary schools in West Kent was released by the Department for Education this morning.

It shows the achievements of pupils in primary schools with a particular focus on reading, writing and maths.

A level 4 grade is the average standard they are expected to obtain in each subject and schools are expected to ensure at least 65% of pupils achieve this.

St John’s C of E, in Grove Green’s Provender Way, saw 97% of its 31 pupils achieve a level 4 or higher in the three subjects.

There was a 100% success rate in maths and reading and a 97% score in writing.

Allington Primary, which was led by Mark Geadah before his apparent suicide in August, also performed strongly.

In total 92% of the Hildenborough Crescent school’s 61 pupils got at least a level 4 in maths and 97% achieved a level 4 or higher in reading and writing.

That means 92% of children there achieved the national average in all the core subjects.

Roseacre Junior School was another high flyer, with 92% of its 104 eligible pupils getting a clean sweep of level 4s or higher.

The best success was seen in reading where 99% got the mark along with a 97% success rate in writing and 92% in maths.

St Francis Primary, in Queens Road, saw 92% of its 51 pupils score a level 4 in all three areas.

There was a 94% success rate in maths and a 96% rate in both reading and writing.

The worst performing school in our town was Archbishop Courtenay, in Eccleston Road, which saw 45% of 29 pupils get level 4s across the board.

Just 55% made the grade for maths with 72% achieving the standard for reading and 76% for writing.

The Tree Tops Academy, in Brishing Lane, also saw fewer than half of its pupils, 48%, get level 4s in all three subjects.

For maths 64% of its 25 pupils got the expected grade, with reading at 68% and writing at 60%.

Sutton Valence Primary, in North Street, guided 53% of its pupils to level 4s in all three subjects.

The 30 pupils did well in reading and writing, scoring 87% and 80% respectively, with 60% performed in maths.

Across the county, primary schools are keeping pace with the national average.

According to the Department for Education’s data, 79% of children in Kent schools achieved level 4 - the government’s benchmark of achievement.

That is in line with the national figure.

When it comes to pupils achieving a “good” level 4 score, Kent saw 68% of children doing so, compared to 67% nationally.

Around one in four - 25% - achieved a higher level of achievement by securing level 5 - 1% more than the national average.

The SATs are designed to indicate whether children can spell properly, start to use grammatically complex sentences and employ joined up handwriting in English.

In maths they have to be able to multiply and divide whole numbers by 10 or 100 and use simple fractions and percentages.

Cllr Roger Gough (Con), KCC cabinet member for schools, said the improvement was a sign that primary schools were moving in the right direction.

To see the information in full visit: www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/