Primary Schools

Getting 100% of their pupils to meet these targets is no mean feat

The primary schools where 100% of pupils hit performance targets
Getting all of their pupils to meet these standards is no mean feat for schools 💪

Children will sit a total of six tests throughout the course of a week

What dates primary school pupils will sit SATs - and get their results

Former teacher Lucy Kirkham says free school breakfast clubs could offer many benefits to children

3 benefits of free school breakfast clubs, as pilot launches

Rob Harvey is the principal of Crookesbroom Primary Academy

Meet the headteacher of one of South Yorkshire's top primary schools

Labour plans to roll out free school breakfast clubs at every primary school in England

All Yorkshire primary schools offering free breakfasts from April

Supervised toothbrushing. Credit: PA

Supervised toothbrushing rolled out in deprived parts of Yorkshire

Across the wider City of Doncaster council area, these schools stood out

The 13 top state primary schools in the Doncaster district

These South Yorkshire schools were among the region's highest performers last year

The 17 best state primary schools in South Yorkshire - for 2025

More than one in four parents in a recent study admitted bending the rules to get a place at a preferred school

School admission criteria explained, as parents admit 'breaking rules'

These schools were among North Yorkshire's highest performers in the last academic year

North Yorkshire's 21 best-performing state primary schools for 2025

These schools were among West Yorkshire's highest performers last year

West Yorkshire's 26 top state primary schools named by new data

The top-performing primary schools in Rotherham have been named by new 2024 performance figures

The 17 top primary schools in Rotherham named for 2024

These schools has some of the highest scores in Yorkshire when it comes to key skills testing

Yorkshire's 22 standout state primary schools of 2024

Better says some primary schools are reducing the number of mandatory lessons they give

Parents say swimming 'third most important school subject'

Many of North Yorkshire's village schools stand out from the crowd

North Yorkshire's 17 top-performing state primary schools

Pupils will complete their phonics tests one-on-one with a teacher

What Year 1 pupils are tested on in phonics check, as new results out

Pictured above: Pupils Sofia Shannon, Alice Manning, Alice Brooder & Willow Lumb from Nields Academy with its Sistema® Food Storage Container and Reusable Bottle Free Recycling Programme collection box.

Nields Academy asks the Slaithwaite community to help them win a contest

The free school breakfast clubs will build on support for families already available, the Department for Education says

When Labour's free school breakfasts will start - what we know so far

Some 64% of children across the country agreed with the statement 'you enjoy school or college' (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

The regions in England where children enjoy school the most and least

SATs are often the first major exams many primary school students will take in their school career (Photo: Adobe Stock)

How England's regions compare when it comes to primary school skills

From tiny village schools to large urban ones, Yorkshire has plenty of places where children excel (Photo: National World/Google)

The 25 best-rated primary schools in Yorkshire
From Hull to Leeds, these primary schools take the cake 🍰
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Primary schools from right across the country have made the list (Photo: National World/Google)

The 15 best-rated primary schools across England

Schools will be expected to carry out mass testing, supported by the military (Picture: Getty)

The military is to support mass testing in schools - here's how it will work

English secondary schools and colleges will get weekly Covid tests from January

Some slight variation on rules is evident across the UK (Photo: Shuttertock)

How lockdown rules differ in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Bishop Young Church of England Academy

Group of 50 Leeds parents furious after children allocated schools by Leeds Coun...

The small school in Horton-in-Ribblesdale, closed in August last year.

Crisis facing North Yorkshire's rural schools as they fight funding deficits

Primary School children at work in a classroom. Pic credit: PA/Dominic Lipinski

School catchment areas in Leeds could be changing and the council are asking par...

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Primary schools increasingly likely to join drive to become academies

The Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan.

Scores of Yorkshire schools could fall into new coasting category

Primary schools fail to hit minimum targets

Primary schools widen pupils’ horizons with gardening
THREE Hull primary schools have become flagships for a national initiative which puts gardening at the heart of school life.
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The body-image agony of primary school children

Building work to start at primaries

Primaries target 'bolsters testing we boycotted'

Subjects at risk if cuts are forced on schools

Come on Mr Cameron, voters deserve something better, coherent and soon

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