PRIMARY school pupils in South Gloucestershire are, on average, below the standard of schools across the country, new data has shown.

The statistics released by the Department for Education show that 60 per cent of pupils met the expected standard for Key Stage 2 (KS2), marginally below the national average of 61 per cent.

Topping the table for schools in the area was Marshfield CoE Primary School, which achieved an impressive 91 per cent, with Watermore (89 per cent), Frampton Cotterell CoE (88 per cent), Wick CoE (87 per cent) and Almondsbury CoE (86 per cent) also outstanding.

Meanwhile, schools that severely underperformed in reaching the expected standards include Tyndale with 19 percent, Abbotswood with 29 per cent and Oldbury-on-Severn CoE with 36 per cent.

However, the percentage of pupils achieving at a higher standard was a percent higher in South Gloucestershire, one in 10 compared to the rest of England with nine per cent.

Marshfield was on top again, with an impressive 41 per cent hitting higher standards, St Andrew’s CoE in Cromhall was second with 33 per cent and Wick CoE with 30 per cent.

An astounding eight schools in South Gloucestershire saw no pupils at all achieve higher standard grades.

These included Horton CoE Primary School in Chipping Sodbury, Rangeworthy CoE, North Road Community, Wellesley and Tyndale in Yate, Gillingstool in Thornbury, Severn Beach and Oldbury on Severn CoE.

Progress scores, which monitor how much improvement pupils make in the three Rs between the end of KS1 and the end of KS2, were also below par, with -0.1 for both reading and writing, and -0.7 for maths.

A score below zero means pupils made less progress, on average, than pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 1. However, a negative progress score does not mean pupils have made no progress, or the school has failed, rather it means pupils in the school made less progress than other pupils across England with similar results at the end of key stage 1.

Marshfield continued to dominate as the only school in South Gloucestershire to be considered “above average” in all three categories, even being considered “well above average” in writing.

Meanwhile, Tyndale was considered “well below average” in all three categories, with Raysfield Junior “well below average” in reading and maths, while “below average” in writing.

To find out how primary schools near you fared, visit www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk.