SCHOOLS in Brent Knoll and Burnham-on-Sea are celebrating after the latest Sats performance league tables were released.

Some schools across the Burnham area performed particularly well, with the number of pupils reaching expected standards rising across the country.

Across England, 64 per cent of 11-year-olds who sat this year’s Sats, or national curriculum tests, met Government targets in all three areas, up from 61 per cent last year, according to the Department for Education (DfE).

While the number of schools considered to be under-performing has decreased, 364 mainstream primaries in England fell below the primary school floor standard.

In the Burnham area, the majority of schools achieved at least average levels for progress in reading, writing and maths.

Of the top-achieving schools for progress is Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School.

The maintained school on Brent Street saw 88 per cent of its pupils meet the expected standard while 18 per cent of its students achieved higher results than expected.

Chris Burman, headteacher of Brent Knoll C of E School, said: “’Staff and pupils at Brent Knoll were delighted to hear that the school’s Year 6 cohort has come top of the Somerset table for progress in Maths this year.

“Along with a sixth place for reading, the school took overall 6th place in the whole of Somerset.

Following the ‘good’ Ofsted inspection in September, these results pay testament to the hard work of staff and pupils, and the support of parents and carers.

“We look forward to seeing how this group progresses now that most have moved onto The King Alfred School Academy.

Elsewhere in the area, St Joseph’s Primary School in Burnham-on-Sea also thrived with 81 per cent of pupils meeting expected standards.

The school was ‘above average’ for progress terms for reading, writing and maths and 19 per cent of students went on to achieve higher results than expected.

The maintained school saw an average of 109 in reading and 107 in maths and

Helen Taylor, executive headteacher at St Joseph’s School, said: “We are very proud of the hard work from our Year 6 pupils and all of the staff that have worked with them over the years to enable these very pleasing set of results.”