A league based on pupils' performances in their "Sats" tests is headed by Richmond upon Thames with the inner London borough of Hackney last.

Both have held those places for five years in a row.

The table below shows LAs ranked on their aggregate scores (AGG).

The second column of figures is the average points score (APS).

The third column shows the average of the contextual value added (CVA) measure schools achieved.

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

Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

LA	AGG	APS	CVA
Richmond-upon-Thames	266	29.3	100.6
Kensington and Chelsea	265	28.7	101.1
Trafford	261	28.9	100.4
Rutland	261	28.9	100.2
Wokingham	261	28.8	100.1
Solihull	260	28.7	99.9
Sefton	259	28.5	100.4
Buckinghamshire	258	28.8	100.1
Sutton	258	28.7	100.3
Barnet	258	28.6	100.5
Hertfordshire	258	28.6	100.1
Warrington	258	28.5	99.9
Kingston-upon-Thames	257	28.8	100.2
Surrey	257	28.7	100.1
Stockport	256	28.5	100.0
Gloucestershire	256	28.5	100.0
Havering	256	28.4	100.1
North Yorkshire	256	28.4	99.9
Windsor and Maidenhead	255	28.6	100.4
Calderdale	255	28.4	100.3
East Riding of Yorks	255	28.3	99.8
Bath and NE Somerset	254	28.5	99.9
Redbridge	254	28.4	100.2
Cheshire	254	28.4	99.9
North Somerset	254	28.3	100.0
York, City of	254	28.3	100.0
South Gloucestershire	254	28.3	99.8
Cumbria	254	28.2	100.1
Hartlepool	254	28.1	100.4
Stockton-on-Tees	253	28.4	100.2
West Berkshire	253	28.4	100.1
Warwickshire	253	28.4	100.0
Dorset	253	28.3	100.0
Bury	253	28.2	100.0
Cambridgeshire	252	28.3	100.0
Hampshire	252	28.3	99.9
North Tyneside	252	28.2	99.8
Bromley	251	28.3	100.0
Derbyshire	251	28.3	99.6
Bracknell Forest	251	28.2	99.9
Leicestershire	251	28.2	99.8
Bexley	251	28.1	100.0
Shropshire	250	28.2	100.0
Wigan	250	28.1	100.2
St Helens	250	28.1	100.0
Redcar and Cleveland	250	28.0	100.1
Darlington	249	28.2	100.2
Wirral	249	28.1	100.1
Devon	249	28.1	100.0
Staffordshire	249	28.1	99.8
West Sussex	249	28.1	99.8
Lancashire	249	28.0	99.8
Harrow	248	28.2	100.2
Durham	248	28.0	100.2
Westminster	248	27.9	100.3
Somerset	247	28.1	100.0
Herefordshire	247	28.0	100.1
Oxfordshire	247	28.0	99.9
Halton	247	27.9	100.2
South Tyneside	247	27.8	100.1
Tameside	247	27.8	99.9
Hillingdon	246	28.0	100.1
Swindon	246	28.0	99.8
Essex	246	28.0	99.8
Nottinghamshire	246	28.0	99.8
Lincolnshire	246	28.0	99.8
Gateshead	246	27.9	100.2
Wiltshire	246	27.9	100.0
Bolton	246	27.8	99.9
Tower Hamlets	246	27.7	100.6
Merton	245	27.9	100.0
England average	245	27.9	100.0
Bedfordshire	245	27.9	99.6
Hammersmith and Fulham	245	27.8	100.7
Hounslow	245	27.8	100.3
Salford	245	27.8	100.0
Leeds	245	27.8	99.8
Northamptonshire	245	27.8	99.6
Oldham	245	27.7	100.3
Southend-on-Sea	244	28.0	100.1
Brighton and Hove	244	27.9	100.1
East Sussex	244	27.8	99.9
Doncaster	244	27.8	99.7
North Lincolnshire	244	27.8	99.7
Isles of Scilly	243	28.5	99.6
Wandsworth	243	27.9	100.7
Ealing	243	27.8	100.4
Cornwall	243	27.8	100.0
Kirklees	243	27.8	99.7
Worcestershire	243	27.8	99.7
Sunderland	243	27.7	100.0
Middlesbrough	242	27.7	100.2
Croydon	242	27.7	100.1
Wakefield	242	27.7	99.8
Camden	242	27.6	100.7
Rochdale	242	27.6	100.1
Blackpool	242	27.6	100.1
Plymouth, City of	242	27.6	99.9
Northumberland	241	27.8	99.4
Peterborough	241	27.6	99.8
Southampton	240	27.7	100.3
Dudley	240	27.7	99.8
Suffolk	240	27.6	99.5
Walsall	240	27.5	99.9
Knowsley	240	27.4	100.3
Poole	239	27.8	99.6
North East Lincolnshire	239	27.6	100.0
Portsmouth	239	27.6	99.7
Norfolk	239	27.6	99.5
Barking and Dagenham	239	27.5	100.2
Bournemouth	238	27.7	99.6
Brent	238	27.5	100.2
Milton Keynes	238	27.5	99.7
Telford and Wrekin	238	27.5	99.6
Isle of Wight	238	27.5	99.6
Coventry	238	27.4	99.8
Blackburn with Darwen	238	27.3	100.0
Enfield	237	27.6	100.2
Torbay	237	27.5	99.5
Reading	236	27.6	100.0
Lewisham	236	27.4	100.5
Islington	236	27.3	100.7
Waltham Forest	236	27.2	100.3
Liverpool	235	27.5	100.1
Medway Towns	235	27.4	99.9
Kingston-upon-Hull, City of	235	27.2	100.0
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	234	27.4	99.8
Kent	234	27.4	99.8
Lambeth	234	27.2	100.6
Wolverhampton	234	27.2	100.0
Haringey	233	27.3	100.1
Birmingham	233	27.2	99.9
Rotherham	233	27.2	99.5
Sandwell	233	27.1	100.1
Thurrock	233	27.1	99.8
Stoke-on-Trent	232	27.3	99.9
Manchester	232	27.1	100.4
Newham	232	27.1	100.3
Barnsley	232	27.1	99.6
Bradford	232	27.1	99.6
Derby, City of	231	27.2	99.3
Southwark	231	27.0	100.3
Slough	230	27.2	99.6
Luton	229	27.0	99.6
Sheffield	228	27.1	99.8
Greenwich	228	27.0	100.4
Nottingham, City of	228	26.9	100.2
Bristol, City of	224	27.1	99.7
Leicester, City of	223	26.7	99.8
Hackney	216	26.1	100.0