Top marks for Shropshire schools in latest league tables

Shropshire's Primary Schools were today celebrating success in the latest round of education results with county pupils achieving above the national average for English and maths.

Schools in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin have seen their results improve. The league tables look at the number of 11-year-olds achieving Level Four passes in English and maths at Key Stage Two.

Many Shropshire primary schools have achieved above the national average on all measures and the county's overall performance was at an all-time record high, according to the Standard Assesment Test league tables published by the Department for Education.

When compared to 14 authorities in the West Midlands, Shropshire is placed second, based on the results.

Primary schools in the Telford & Wrekin area recorded the borough's best ever SATs results.

Figures released by the Government today show they rose again in the Telford area this year compared with 2008. But 1,310 primary schools in England fell below the required standard for English and maths.

Schools minister Nick Gibb said: "We are taking action to end years of chronic under-performance."

Telford & Wrekin's primaries recorded a three per cent rise in English, a two per cent rise in maths and a three per cent rise in English and maths combined compared with the 2008 figures.

But Short Wood Primary School, in Telford, was placed in the bottom 200 schools in the country based on its results. According to the figures, only 37 per cent of pupils at the school passed combined English and math tests in 2011.

Sue Harris, headteacher of Short Wood Primary, said: "All the children work really hard to achieve the best that they can be but the level of achievement varies from year to year."

Meanwhile, two county schools were named in the top 200 in England for having the highest average points score. They were Condover C of E Primary School, and the Coleham Primary School in Shrewsbury.

And Clee Hill Community Primary School, near Ludlow, was named as being one of the 200 most improved schools in England.

How did your child's school do? See the full league tables in today's Shropshire Star.