The best performing primary schools in Bexley

The Department For Education published the 2017 Key Stage 2 results of thousands of primary schools across the country.

St Paulinus Church of England Primary School in Dartford came out on top.

The school situatued on Iron Mill Lane had the highest percentages of  pupils in the borough of Bexley meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

The expected standard is based on national curriculum tests taken in Year 6 at the end of Key Stage 2 in maths, English reading and English grammar, punctuation and spelling.

97 percent of pupils at St Paulinus Church of England Primary School achieved a scaled score of at least 100 in their reading and maths tests and met the expected standard in writing according to their teacher.

A student's raw score is scaled because questions are different and the difficulty of tests may vary. Scaled scores will fall somewhere between at least 80 and 120.

Here is a list of the best performing primary schools in Bexley with the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard:

St Paulinus Church of England Primary School:  97 percent

St Stephen's Catholic Primary School: 95 percent

St Thomas More Catholic Primary School: 93 percent

St John Fisher Catholic Primary School: 90 percent

Burnt Oak Junior School: 88 percent

Danson Primary School: 88 percent

Eastcote Primary Academy: 88 percent

Old Bexley Church of England School: 85 percent

Barnehurst Junior School: 82 percent

Bursted Wood Primary School: 81 percent

Pelham Primary School:  81 percent

Upland Primary School: 76 percent

St Fidelis Catholic Primary School: 75 percent

Foster's Primary School: 73 percent

Royal Park Primary School: 73 percent

Birkbeck Primary School: 72 percent

St Augustine of Canterbury Church of England Primary School: 72 percent

Normandy Primary School: 71 percent

Upton Primary School: 71 percent

Northwood Primary School: 70 percent