Best primary schools in Wales
Ranked by School Chooser Score, which for Welsh schools puts together GCSE points, how results compare with the mix of pupils, attendance, and whether the school is getting better or worse, all measured against schools with a similar mix of pupils. (Estyn doesn't publish grades and Wales has no progress measure.) The likely range shows how sure we can be. – scored schools.
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Primary results
- Reached the expected level at 11 Reading, writing and maths: expected standard
- Working above the expected level Reading, writing and maths: higher standard
- Reading score Average reading scaled score
- Maths score Average maths scaled score
- Grammar and spelling score Average grammar, punctuation and spelling scaled score
- Reading progress Reading progress (KS1 to KS2)
- Maths progress Maths progress (KS1 to KS2)
Secondary results
- Average GCSE score Attainment 8
- Progress from age 11 Progress 8
- Strong pass in English and maths Grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
- Standard pass in English and maths Grade 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs
- Core subjects score EBacc average point score
- Taking the core subjects Entering the English Baccalaureate
- Staying in education or work after GCSEs Sustained education, employment or apprenticeship after KS4
Sixth form
- Average A level points per entry A level average points per entry
- AAB or better in subjects universities like AAB or better in at least 2 facilitating subjects
Attendance and behaviour
- Sessions missed (fewest first) Overall absence rate
- Pupils missing a lot of school (fewest first) Persistent absence (10% or more sessions missed)
- Suspensions (fewest first) Suspensions per 100 pupils
Staff
- Pupils per teacher (fewest first) Pupil to teacher ratio
- Teachers who left in the year (fewest first) Teachers leaving the school in the year
How to read this
The score is out of 100. It puts together results over three years (25%), the progress pupils make (20%), the latest Ofsted inspection (20%, counting for less as it gets older), how results compare with the mix of pupils (10%), attendance (10%), whether the school is getting better or worse over five years (10%) and what parents told Ofsted (5%). Every part is measured against the 50 schools most like this one. How the score works.