A league based on pupils' performance in their Sats tests at the end of primary school is headed by Richmond upon Thames - home to royal parks and English rugby.

Bringing up the rear is the inner London borough of Hackney.

Both have been in those places for three years in a row.

This year, Richmond got even better, with its schools' average score in the test in English, maths and science rising five points to 267 out of a possible 300.

Hackney got worse, dropping one point from 210 to 209, the same as four years ago.

In a statement, the learning trust which runs education in Hackney said the results were in line with expectations.

It was pleased that its schools' average value added score - showing how pupils have improved during their primary school years - had gone up and was in line with the national figure.

Sustained progress

Of the 150 LEAs, 108 had better scores this year; 15 had the same as last year and 27 got worse.

The biggest improvement was in Medway, Kent, from 218 to 230, a rise of 12.

The biggest fall was seven points, in Harrow, north-west London, down from 254 to 247.

An analysis, using the same methodology the Department for Education and Skills employs for the "most improved" schools, highlights the areas which have improved in each of the past four years.

On this reckoning, 54 of the main 148 LEAs - just over a third - managed sustained progress.

At the top was Poole in Dorset, up 18 from 225 in 2002 to 243 this year.

Table

But 12 LEAs had worse results this year than four years ago.

In four of them the difference was six points, the worst being Stoke-on-Trent, down from 226 to 220.

The table below shows LEAs ranked on their aggregate scores.

The second column of figures is the average points score.

The third column shows the average of the value added measure schools achieved.

Click the name of any LEA for a complete list of its schools and details of their performances.

Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

LEA	APS	AGG	VA
Richmond upon Thames	29.2	267	100.9
Trafford	28.6	261	100.7
Wokingham	28.7	257	100.7
Kingston upon Thames	28.6	257	100.9
Rutland	28.5	257	100.6
Solihull	28.4	256	100.2
Warrington	28.4	256	100.5
Havering	28.3	256	100.5
Kensington and Chelsea	28.5	255	101.5
Windsor and Maidenhead	28.4	255	100.6
Sefton	28.2	255	100.4
Surrey	28.5	254	100.5
Hertfordshire	28.3	254	100.5
North Somerset	28.3	254	100.4
Bury	28.2	254	100.3
Barnet	28.3	253	100.9
Bath and North East Somerset	28.3	253	100.3
City of London	28.6	252	100.5
Gloucestershire	28.2	252	100.4
Stockport	28.2	252	100.2
St Helens	28.1	252	100.2
Buckinghamshire	28.4	251	100.3
Cheshire	28.2	251	100.3
North Yorkshire	28.2	251	100.2
Isles of Scilly	28.7	250	100.1
Hampshire	28.2	250	100.3
Cambridgeshire	28.1	250	100.4
Stockton-on-Tees	28.1	250	100.3
Sutton	28.1	250	100.3
Cumbria	28.0	250	100.2
Dorset	28.0	250	100.5
East Riding of Yorkshire	28.0	250	100.2
Redbridge	28.0	250	100.8
South Gloucestershire	28.0	250	100.3
Bromley	28.1	249	100.3
Bracknell Forest	28.1	248	100.4
Shropshire	28.1	248	100.3
Warwickshire	28.1	248	100.4
Harrow	28.0	247	100.4
York	28.0	247	100.2
Derbyshire	27.9	246	100.1
Calderdale	27.7	246	100.1
Tameside	27.7	246	100.2
Hillingdon	27.8	245	100.6
Lancashire	27.8	245	100.3
North Tyneside	27.8	245	99.9
Devon	27.8	244	100.3
Nottinghamshire	27.8	244	100.1
Darlington	27.7	244	100.0
Essex	27.7	244	100.2
Northamptonshire	27.7	244	99.9
Staffordshire	27.7	244	100.1
Wigan	27.7	244	100.4
Poole	27.9	243	100.1
Wirral	27.9	243	100.1
Herefordshire	27.8	243	100.3
Leicestershire	27.8	243	100.1
West Berkshire	27.8	243	100.4
Durham	27.7	243	100.2
Gateshead	27.7	243	100.4
Lincolnshire	27.7	243	100.1
Westminster	27.6	243	101.1
Oxfordshire	27.8	242	100.4
Worcestershire	27.7	242	100.1
Hartlepool	27.6	242	100.3
West Sussex	27.6	242	100.0
North East Lincolnshire	27.5	242	100.4
South Tyneside	27.7	241	100.3
Bolton	27.6	241	100.4
Hounslow	27.6	241	101.0
Leeds	27.6	241	100.3
Southend-on-Sea	27.7	240	100.3
ENGLAND	27.6	240	100.2
North Lincolnshire	27.6	240	99.8
East Sussex	27.5	240	100.5
Redcar and Cleveland	27.5	240	100.2
Salford	27.3	240	100.0
Bedfordshire	27.6	239	99.8
Bexley	27.6	239	100.1
Doncaster	27.6	239	99.9
Plymouth	27.6	239	100.6
Somerset	27.6	239	100.1
Halton	27.3	239	100.2
Cornwall	27.6	238	100.4
Ealing	27.5	238	100.8
Sunderland	27.5	238	100.2
Swindon	27.5	238	100.3
Wakefield	27.5	238	100.0
Hammersmith and Fulham	27.4	238	100.6
Tower Hamlets	27.2	238	100.9
Bournemouth	27.6	237	100.2
Northumberland	27.6	237	99.5
Merton	27.5	237	100.3
Camden	27.4	237	100.9
Dudley	27.4	237	99.9
Norfolk	27.3	237	99.8
Telford and Wrekin	27.5	236	100.0
Peterborough	27.4	236	100.3
Rotherham	27.4	236	100.0
Wandsworth	27.4	236	100.4
Wiltshire	27.4	236	100.1
Oldham	27.2	236	100.3
Brighton and Hove	27.5	235	100.4
Enfield	27.4	235	100.7
Torbay	27.4	235	100.2
Coventry	27.2	235	100.2
Kirklees	27.3	234	99.8
Suffolk	27.3	234	99.8
Lewisham	27.2	234	100.7
Knowsley	27.1	234	100.1
Reading	27.3	233	100.7
Blackpool	27.2	233	100.6
Liverpool	27.2	233	100.0
Derby	27.3	232	99.7
Kent	27.3	232	100.2
Croydon	27.1	232	100.1
Isle of Wight	27.1	232	99.4
Southampton	27.2	231	100.1
Rochdale	27.1	231	100.3
Newham	26.9	231	100.9
Medway	27.2	230	100.0
Middlesbrough	27.1	230	100.3
Walsall	27.1	230	100.1
Barking and Dagenham	27.0	230	100.4
Brent	27.0	230	100.6
Birmingham	27.0	228	100.1
Kingston Upon Hull	26.9	228	100.2
Slough	27.1	226	99.8
Blackburn with Darwen	26.9	226	100.2
Lambeth	26.8	226	100.4
Portsmouth	26.8	225	99.6
Wolverhampton	26.8	225	100.0
Milton Keynes	26.9	224	100.0
Sheffield	26.9	224	100.0
Thurrock	26.9	224	99.9
Manchester	26.7	224	100.2
Barnsley	26.6	224	99.7
Waltham Forest	26.7	223	100.4
Greenwich	26.8	222	100.4
Islington	26.8	222	100.8
Newcastle upon Tyne	26.8	222	99.7
Bradford	26.6	220	99.7
Stoke-on-Trent	26.6	220	99.6
Luton	26.5	220	99.9
Haringey	26.6	218	100.4
Sandwell	26.5	218	100.2
Bristol	26.6	217	99.8
Southwark	26.4	217	100.2
Leicester	26.3	215	99.9
Nottingham	26.3	212	100.1
Hackney	26.0	209	100.2