LEADERS of a primary school are celebrating being ranked top of the performance table in South Gloucestershire.
Hambrook Primary School is also 69th out of the 20,960 primary schools in England in the Department for Education’s tables measuring outcomes in 2024vYear 6 pupils’ standard assessment tests (SATs).
The school, which had 29 pupils taking the tests, saw 97% meet the expected standard in reading and maths tests, and in teachers’ assessments of writing.
The average score for both reading and maths was 110, above the standard score of 100, and 14% of pupils were assessed as reaching the higher standard of 110 in all three areas, placing them in the top 5% nationwide.
Out of 85 primary schools in the district, Mangotsfield C of E Primary School was ranked 9th, with 76% of its 88 Year 6 pupils reaching the expected standard and 14% at the higher standard. Pucklechurch was 15th, with 72% and 0%, and Blackhorse was 20th with 70% and 5%.
At Christ Church Junior school, 66% of the 80 Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard, while the school had the fourth-highest proportion of pupils reaching the higher standard, at 15%.
Frenchay Primary had 64% of pupils reaching the expected standard and 4% at the higher standard; at Stanbridge Primary the numbers were 62% and 5%, and at the Tynings, 61% and 8%.
The figures for other local primary schools were: Emersons Green, 60% and 10%; St Augustine of Canterbury, 60% and 0%; Staple Hill 60% and 2%; St Stephen’s, Soundwell 57% and 0%; Lyde Green Primary 51% and 5%; Barley Close, 44% and 0%.
Hambrook Primary head teacher Jennifer Rubel said: “This places us in the top 0.3% of all primary schools nationwide, a truly remarkable achievement.
“At Hambrook we are passionate about providing a rounded education for all of our pupils that goes beyond academic success.
“While these impressive SATs results are worth celebrating, we remain committed to helping every child thrive in all areas of life—socially, creatively, physically, and emotionally.”