Best primary schools in every Yorkshire town and city

Best primary schools in every Yorkshire town and city

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The best performing schools in Yorkshire have been revealed.

Latest figures have revealed the proportion of primary school pupils who have achieved the expected standards as they leave Year 6 in every Yorkshire primary school. Every pupil leaving primary school is assessed for their reading, writing and maths skills.

The latest data, for the 2023-24 academic year, has revealed 59.6 per cent of pupils in Yorkshire achieved the expected standards. This is compared to 61 per cent across England.

Below, we’ve listed the best performing primary school in every Yorkshire town, city and area. The top 10 primary schools with the highest proportion of pupils achieving the expected standard in Yorkshire are:

  1. Eppleby Forcett Church of England Primary School, North Yorkshire – 100%
  2. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, North Yorkshire – 100%
  3. Naburn Church of England Primary School, York – 100%
  4. Skidby Church of England Primary School, East Yorkshire – 100%
  5. Hoylandswaine Primary School, Barnsley – 100%
  6. Carlton Junior and Infant School, Kirklees – 97%
  7. Crookesbroom Primary Academy, Doncaster – 96%
  8. Middleton Tyas Church of England Primary School, North Yorkshire – 95%
  9. St Alban’s Church of England Primary School, Rotherham – 94%
  10. St Mary’s Church of England J and I School, Calderdale; Beckwithshaw Community Primary School, North Yorkshire; Knavesmire Primary School, York – 92%

Kirklees

Carlton Junior and Infant School, Dewsbury
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In Kirklees 59 per cent of children reached the expected standard for reading, writing and maths by the end of the 2023-24 academic year.

  1. Carlton Junior and Infant School – 97%
  2. Netherthong Primary School – 91%
  3. St Peter’s Church of England Junior, Infant and Early Years School – 90%
  4. Lydgate Junior and Infant School – 87%
  5. Slaithwaite Church of England Junior and Infant School – 86%
  6. Hanging Heaton Church of England Junior and Infant School – 84%
  7. Hopton Primary School – 84%
  8. Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School – 83%
  9. Hartshead Junior and Infant School, and Roberttown Church of England Junior and Infant School – 82%

Calderdale

St Mary’s Church of England Junior and Infant School, Sowerby Bridge
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Children in Calderdale achieved the expected reading, writing and maths standard 59 per cent of the time.

  1. St Mary’s Church of England J and I School – 92%
  2. All Saints’ Church of England Primary School – 83%
  3. The Greetland Academy – 83%
  4. Bowling Green Academy – 82%
  5. Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant School – 81%
  6. Old Town Primary School – 77%
  7. Scout Road Academy – 77%
  8. Woodhouse Primary School – 77%
  9. Abbey Park Academy – 77%
  10. St John’s Primary School, Luddendenfoot Academy, and St Andrew’s Church of England Junior School – 76%

Leeds

Harewood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

According to latest statistics, 59 per cent of Leeds children reached the expected standard across reading, writing and maths at the end of the 2023-24 academic year.

  1. Harewood Church of England Primary School – 90%
  2. Shadwell Primary School – 90%
  3. Roundhay School – 88%
  4. St Philip’s Catholic Primary School – 87%
  5. Horsforth Featherbank Primary School – 87%
  6. Bramham Primary School – 85%
  7. Wigton Moor Primary School – 85%
  8. Armley Park Primary School – 85%
  9. Moortown Primary School, St Edward’s Catholic Primary School, Calverley Parkside Primary School, and Tranmere Park Primary School – 84%

Bradford

All Saints’ Church of England Primary School, Bradford
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In Bradford 59 per cent of pupils achieved the expected standard across maths, reading and writing.

  1. All Saints’ Church of England Primary School – 91%
  2. Harden Primary School – 87%
  3. Copthorne Primary School – 85%
  4. Cottingley Village Primary School – 84%
  5. Thackley Primary School – 83%
  6. St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School – 82%
  7. Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy – 82%
  8. Low Ash Primary School – 82%
  9. Baildon Church of England Primary School – 82%
  10. Feversham Primary Academy – 82%

Sheffield

Mundella Primary School, Sheffield
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Figures show 56 per cent of pupils in Sheffield achieved the expected standard at the end of the 2023-24 academic year.

  1. Mundella Primary School – 85%
  2. Dobcroft Junior School – 84%
  3. Totley Primary School – 82%
  4. Angram Bank Primary School – 82%
  5. Greystones Primary School – 79%
  6. Totley All Saints Church of England Primary School – 79%
  7. Westways Primary School – 79%
  8. Ecclesall Primary School – 78%
  9. Hallam Primary School – 78%
  10. St John Fisher Primary – 78%

Rotherham

St Alban’s Church of England Primary School, Rotherham
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Latest figures show 59 per cent of Rotherham schools reached the expected standard.

  1. St Alban’s Church of England Primary School – 94%
  2. Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School – 87%
  3. Roughwood Primary School – 85%
  4. Wickersley Northfield Primary School – 84%
  5. Listerdale Junior Academy – 82%
  6. Bramley Grange Primary School – 81%
  7. Herringthorpe Junior School – 80%
  8. Sitwell Junior School – 79%
  9. Todwick Primary School – 78%
  10. Anston Greenlands Primary School, and St Mary’s Catholic Primary School – 77%

Doncaster

Crookesbroom Primary Academy, Doncaster
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According to the latest figures, 60 per cent of Doncaster pupils achieved the expected standard last academic year.

  1. Crookesbroom Primary Academy – 96%
  2. St Oswald’s Church of England Academy – 84%
  3. Auckley School – 83%
  4. Arksey Primary School – 83%
  5. Bawtry Mayflower Primary School – 82%
  6. Montagu Academy – 81%
  7. Branton St Wilfrid’s Church of England Primary School – 81%
  8. Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School – 79%
  9. Southfield Primary – 78%
  10. Highfields Primary Academy, Rossington St Michael’s Church of England Primary School, and Bentley High Street Primary School – 77%

Barnsley

Hoylandswaine Primary School, Barnsley
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In Barnsley, 61 per cent of children achieved the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

  1. Hoylandswaine Primary School – 100%
  2. Thurgoland Church of England Primary School – 85%
  3. Hunningley Primary Academy – 84%
  4. Birdwell Primary School – 82%
  5. Summerfields Primary Academy – 81%
  6. Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School – 81%
  7. Silkstone Primary School – 81%
  8. St Mary’s Church of England Primary School – 80%
  9. Cawthorne Church of England Primary School – 79%
  10. Mapplewell Primary School, Hoyland Common Primary School, and Meadstead Primary Academy – 78%

North Yorkshire

Eppleby Forcett Church of England Primary School, North Yorkshire
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In North Yorkshire 58 per cent of schools reached the expected standard.

  1. Eppleby Forcett Church of England Primary School – 100%
  2. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School – 100%
  3. Middleton Tyas Church of England Primary School – 95%
  4. Beckwithshaw Community Primary School – 92%
  5. Fairburn Community Primary School – 91%
  6. Barkston Ash Catholic Primary School – 89%
  7. Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy – 89%
  8. Askwith Community Primary School – 89%
  9. All Saints Church of England School, Birstwith Church of England Primary School, and Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School – 88%

York

Naburn Church of England Primary School, York
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In York, 62 per cent of children achieved the expected standard of reading, writing and maths.

  1. Naburn Church of England Primary School – 100%
  2. Knavesmire Primary School – 92%
  3. Lord Deramore’s Primary School – 91%
  4. Ralph Butterfield Primary School – 85%
  5. Hempland Primary School – 81%
  6. Dringhouses Primary School – 80%
  7. Clifton With Rawcliffe Primary School – 75%
  8. Wigginton Primary School – 75%
  9. St Lawrence’s Church of England Primary School – 75%
  10. St Wilfrid’s Catholic Primary School, Park Grove Primary Academy, and Acomb Primary School – 73%

East Yorkshire

Skidby Church of England Primary School, East Yorkshire
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In the East Riding of Yorkshire 59 per cent of schools achieved the expected standard in writing, reading and maths.

  1. Skidby Church of England Primary School – 100%
  2. St Martin’s Church of England Primary School – 91%
  3. Walkington Primary School – 88%
  4. Cherry Burton Church of England Primary School – 86%
  5. Airmyn Park Primary School – 84%
  6. Nafferton Primary School – 84%
  7. Beeford Church of England Primary School – 84%
  8. Newbald Primary School – 83%

  9. Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Primary School – 83%

  10. Gilberdyke Primary School, and Hutton Cranswick Community Primary School – 81%

Hull

Bricknell Primary School, Hull
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Performance figures show 64 per cent of children in Hull reached the expected standard.

  1. Bricknell Primary School – 90%
  2. Collingwood Primary School – 89%
  3. Parkstone Primary School – 86%
  4. Neasden Primary School – 86%
  5. Spring Cottage Primary School – 86%
  6. Kingswood Parks Primary School – 86%
  7. Highlands Primary School – 84%
  8. Bude Park Primary School – 82%
  9. Stoneferry Primary School, Christopher Pickering Primary School, Craven Primary Academy, and St Nicholas Primary School – 79%

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Image Credits and Reference: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/best-primary-schools-every-yorkshire-30698391

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