THE Primary Schools Performance Tables have been published today and 11 schools in the Wilmslow area came above the national average.

Based on SATs results, the table shows the percentage of children at each school who met the 'expected standard'.

Gorsey Bank Primary School had the best score in the region with 90 per cent of its pupils achieving the expected standard, with a huge increase on last year’s 73 per cent.

Meanwhile Lacey Green Primary Academy was close behind with 85 per cent.

Wincle Primary School in Macclesfield came at the top of the table for schools in the Cheshire East Council boundary with an unprecedented 100 per cent.

The average score for schools in the local authority is 68 per cent, and the average for schools across England is 64 per cent.

St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School was the one school in the region to fall below the national average with 58 per cent.

The list of schools in the Wilmslow area is:

1. Gorsey Bank Primary School – 90%

2. Lacey Green Primary Academy – 85%

3. Wilmslow Grange Community Primary – 84%

4. Styal Primary School – 82%

5. Ashdene Primary School – 81%

6. Nether Alderley Primary School – 80%

7. Alderley Edge Community Primary School – 73%

8. Lindow Community Primary School – 70%

9. Mobberley C of E Primary School – 70%

10. The Wilmslow Academy – 70%

11. St Benedict's Catholic Primary School – 69%

12. St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School – 58%

See the full table for Cheshire East Schools here.