Full list: Which area has the best primary schools?

Sir Michael Wilshaw, the Head of OFSTED, talks to students as he visits the St Paul's Way Trust School in Bow, east London. Credit: John Stillwell/PA Wire/Press Association Images

The percentage of pupils at good or outstanding primary schools is highest in Darlington, according to new Ofsted figures published today.

Here is a table giving the percentages of pupils attending good or outstanding primary schools by local authority area in England.

The table shows the name of the local authority, and the percentage of pupils at good or outstanding schools in that area.

The information comes from Ofsted, and covers primary schools, including academies, only.

  • Bedford 95%

  • Windsor and Maidenhead 95%

  • Camden 94%

  • Sutton 94%

  • Wandsworth 94%

  • Richmond upon Thames 94%

  • Sefton 94%

  • Trafford 93%

  • Newcastle upon Tyne 92%

  • Harrow 91%

  • Cheshire East 90%

  • Lambeth 90%

  • Hammersmith and Fulham 89%

  • Islington 89%

  • Barnet 89%

  • Dorset 89%

  • Lewisham 89%

  • Ealing 89%

  • St Helens 89%

  • Poole 88%

  • Knowsley 88%

  • Tower Hamlets 87%

  • Newham 87%

  • Stockport 87%

  • North Tyneside 87%

  • Northumberland 87%

  • Southwark 86%

  • Devon 86%

  • Bolton 86%

  • Gloucestershire 86%

  • Hackney 85%

  • Haringey 85%

  • Torbay 85%

  • Gateshead 85%

  • Plymouth 85%

  • Wirral 85%

  • Central Bedfordshire 85%

  • Hartlepool 85%

  • Liverpool 84%

  • Hampshire 84%

  • Stockton-on-Tees 84%

  • Bexley 83%

  • Durham 83%

  • Worcestershire 83%

  • Wigan 83%

  • Wiltshire 83%

  • Solihull 83%

  • Rochdale 83%

  • City of Bristol 83%

  • South Gloucestershire 83%

  • Cumbria 83%

  • Sunderland 83%

  • Calderdale 82%

  • Sandwell 82%

  • Greenwich 82%

  • Merton 82%

  • Leeds 82%

  • Bradford 82%

  • Brighton and Hove 81%

  • Cheshire West and Chester 81%

  • Lincolnshire 81%

  • Buckinghamshire 81%

  • Blackburn with Darwen 81%

  • Southampton 81%

  • Swindon 81%

  • Middlesbrough 81%

  • Bury 80%

  • Cornwall 80%

  • Nottinghamshire 80%

  • Lancashire 80%

  • Havering 80%

  • Leicestershire 80%

  • Milton Keynes 80%

  • Somerset 80%

  • Manchester 80%

  • Redcar and Cleveland 80%

  • Halton 80%

  • Kensington and Chelsea 79%

  • Westminster 79%

  • Kingston upon Thames 79%

  • Hillingdon 79%

  • Birmingham 79%

  • Wokingham 78%

  • Warrington 78%

  • Hertfordshire 78%

  • Waltham Forest 77%

  • Oldham 77%

  • West Berkshire 77%

  • Barnsley 77%

  • Hounslow 76%

  • York 76%

  • Leicester 76%

  • Brent 76%

  • Kirklees 76%

  • West Sussex 76%

  • Bath and North East Somerset 75%

  • Surrey 75%

  • South Tyneside 75%

  • Bromley 75%

  • North Lincolnshire 75%

  • Nottingham 75%

  • Blackpool 75%

  • Salford 75%

  • Telford and Wrekin 74%

  • Shropshire 74%

  • North Yorkshire 74%

  • Rutland 73%

  • North Somerset 73%

  • Oxfordshire 73%

  • Redbridge 73%

  • Enfield 73%

  • Warwickshire 73%

  • Herefordshire 72%

  • Croydon 72%

  • Reading 72%

  • Derbyshire 72%

  • Dudley 72%

  • Bournemouth 72%

  • Tameside 72%

  • Luton 71%

  • Rotherham 71%

  • Staffordshire 71%

  • Stoke-on-Trent 71%

  • Isle of Wight 71%

  • Essex 70%

  • Kingston upon Hull 70%

  • Slough 69%

  • East Sussex 69%

  • Derby 69%

  • Northamptonshire 69%

  • Sheffield 69%

  • Kent 68%

  • North East Lincolnshire 68%

  • Cambridgeshire 67%

  • Bracknell Forest 67%

  • Portsmouth 67%

  • East Riding of Yorkshire 67%

  • Suffolk 66%

  • Coventry 64%

  • Norfolk 63%

  • Wakefield 63%

  • Barking and Dagenham 62%

  • Doncaster 61%

  • Walsall 60%

  • Southend-on-Sea 60%

  • Peterborough 60%

  • Thurrock 59%

  • Medway 59%

  • Wolverhampton 56%

Read: Detailed breakdown of Ofsted report findings