By Hayley Robinson

A Sittingbourne school has been named as one of three top performing schools in Kent according to official league tables.

One hundred per cent of 11-year-olds who took the Key Stage 2 SATs exams at St Peter’s Primary School, in West Ridge, achieved the expected national levels for English, math and science as well as the standard expected for their age in math and English.

In English and maths, the national average of pupils receiving level four or above was 72 per cent, the national average for English was 80 per cent, maths was 79 per cent and the national average for science was 88 per cent.

The number of children achieving higher standards in the three subjects at St Peter’s was also above the national average.

Fifty-two per cent achieved level five in English, 42 per cent in math and 52 per cent in science. The national averages were 29 per cent for English, 35 per cent for math and 43 per cent for science.

Caroline Jackson, executive head teacher of St Peter’s, said: “I feel very proud of the children and staff, they deserve this recognition for all their hard work.

“It’s a real pleasure to work with an excellent teaching team and teaching assistant team. It’s the combined efforts of everyone here at St Peter’s who help the children achieve their full potential.

“We also have the full support of our teachers and governors.”

The worse performing school in Sittingbourne was Newington C of E Primary School in School Lane.

Only 32 per cent of pupils achieved the expected levels in English, 36 per cent in math, 56 per cent in science and 28 per cent in English and math.

To see how the other Sittingbourne schools did visit the website http://archive.kentonline.co.uk/primaryresults09/primaryresults09.aspx

How the league table works:

The league tables show how pupils did in their Key Stage 2 Sats exams, which were taken in English, maths and science in May this year.

When a pupil leaves primary school they should be working at level four in each of the three core subjects.

The tables also include a contextual value added (CVA) measure. This shows how well pupils are doing at Key Stage 2 compared to how they did at Key Stage 1, and the school’s CVA is the average of how all students are performing.

A CVA of 100 is normal. Those with scores above 100 are making better progress than their peers nationally and those with lower scores made worse progress.

For example, if a school has a CVA of 101, it means pupils have made one term’s more progress than the national average. If a school has a CVA of 99, pupils have made one term’s less progress.