14 December 2011 Last updated at 13:51 ET

Primary league tables: Regional picture

This table shows how primary school attainment varies between England's mainstream local authorities.

The authorities are ranked on the percentage of pupils attaining Level 4 in maths and English.

The average point score - the average number of points per pupil in the tests - is used as a tie break.

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Local authority	What does this mean? % expected level in maths and English	What does this mean? Average point score
Richmond upon Thames	87%	29.3
Trafford	84%	28.7
Kingston upon Thames	82%	28.6
Sutton	82%	28.6
Kensington and Chelsea	82%	28.5
Cheshire East	81%	28.5
Rutland	81%	28.1
St. Helens	81%	28.1
Buckinghamshire	80%	28.5
Barnet	80%	28.3
Solihull	80%	28.3
Stockport	80%	28.2
Sefton	80%	28.1
Wandsworth	80%	28.1
Wokingham	79%	28.4
Bromley	79%	28.2
Stockton-on-Tees	79%	27.9
Gateshead	79%	27.8
Gloucestershire	78%	28.1
Harrow	78%	28.1
Windsor and Maidenhead	78%	28.1
Darlington	78%	28.0
Derbyshire	78%	28.0
Hertfordshire	78%	28.0
Bolton	78%	27.9
Bury	78%	27.9
Camden	78%	27.9
North Tyneside	78%	27.9
Westminster	78%	27.9
East Riding of Yorkshire	78%	27.8
Greenwich	78%	27.8
Lambeth	78%	27.7
Bath and North East Somerset	77%	28.1
Surrey	77%	28.1
York	77%	28.1
Havering	77%	28.0
Merton	77%	28.0
Cheshire West and Chester	77%	27.9
Hampshire	77%	27.9
Warrington	77%	27.9
Warwickshire	77%	27.9
Wirral	77%	27.9
Calderdale	77%	27.8
Hammersmith and Fulham	77%	27.8
Hillingdon	77%	27.8
North Somerset	77%	27.8
Nottinghamshire	77%	27.8
Wigan	77%	27.8
South Gloucestershire	77%	27.7
Southwark	77%	27.7
Durham	77%	27.6
Halton	77%	27.6
Hartlepool	77%	27.6
Salford	77%	27.6
Knowsley	77%	27.5
Devon	76%	27.8
Poole	76%	27.8
Shropshire	76%	27.8
Bexley	76%	27.7
Cumbria	76%	27.7
South Tyneside	76%	27.7
Tameside	76%	27.7
Lancashire	76%	27.6
Milton Keynes	76%	27.6
Swindon	76%	27.6
Newham	76%	27.4
Tower Hamlets	76%	27.4
Hackney	76%	27.2
Oxfordshire	75%	27.7
Redbridge	75%	27.7
Wiltshire	75%	27.7
Ealing	75%	27.6
Lewisham	75%	27.5
Lincolnshire	75%	27.5
Walsall	75%	27.4
Redcar and Cleveland	75%	27.3
Leicestershire	74%	27.7
West Berkshire	74%	27.7
Brent	74%	27.6
Cambridgeshire	74%	27.6
Dorset	74%	27.6
North Yorkshire	74%	27.6
Enfield	74%	27.5
Essex	74%	27.5
National average	74%	27.5
Somerset	74%	27.5
Southend-on-Sea	74%	27.5
Staffordshire	74%	27.5
Croydon	74%	27.4
Hounslow	74%	27.4
Sunderland	74%	27.4
Telford and Wrekin	74%	27.4
Islington	74%	27.3
Worcestershire	73%	27.5
Brighton and Hove	73%	27.4
Bristol, City of	73%	27.4
Cornwall	73%	27.4
Slough	73%	27.4
Barnsley	73%	27.3
Dudley	73%	27.3
Kirklees	73%	27.3
Leeds	73%	27.3
Liverpool	73%	27.3
Oldham	73%	27.2
Waltham Forest	73%	27.2
Southampton	73%	27.1
Sandwell	73%	27.0
Kent	72%	27.4
West Sussex	72%	27.4
Bracknell Forest	72%	27.3
Herefordshire	72%	27.3
East Sussex	72%	27.2
Newcastle upon Tyne	72%	27.2
Rochdale	72%	27.2
Torbay	72%	27.2
Wolverhampton	72%	27.2
Blackburn with Darwen	72%	27.1
Doncaster	72%	27.1
Leicester	72%	27.0
Northamptonshire	71%	27.3
Northumberland	71%	27.3
Haringey	71%	27.2
Nottingham	71%	27.2
Barking and Dagenham	71%	27.1
Birmingham	71%	27.1
Coventry	71%	27.0
Sheffield	71%	27.0
Thurrock	71%	27.0
Bradford	71%	26.9
Manchester	71%	26.9
North East Lincolnshire	71%	26.9
Portsmouth	71%	26.9
Bournemouth	70%	27.2
Blackpool	70%	27.0
Luton	70%	26.8
Stoke-on-Trent	70%	26.7
Plymouth	69%	27.0
Reading	69%	27.0
Bedford	69%	26.9
North Lincolnshire	69%	26.9
Suffolk	69%	26.9
Derby	69%	26.8
Peterborough	69%	26.8
Rotherham	69%	26.8
Norfolk	68%	27.0
Medway	68%	26.8
Wakefield	68%	26.7
Kingston upon Hull, City of	68%	26.6
Middlesbrough	67%	26.7
Central Bedfordshire	66%	27.3

What do the table headers mean?

% expected level in English and maths

Percentage of Year 6 pupils attaining the expected level, Level 4, in English and maths

Average point score

The average points per pupil in English and maths Sats tests. We are using it as a secondary tie-break measure in these tables

% Level 5 pupils

Percentage of Year 6 pupils reaching Level 5, the level expected of a 14-year-old, in both English and maths