How different areas performed

Success and struggling seem to be more entrenched than ever in the two local authorities at either end of this year's primary school tables.

A league based on pupils' performances in their "Sats" tests in 2008 is headed, among the big mainland authorities, by Richmond upon Thames, with the inner London borough of Hackney last.

Both have now held those places for six years in a row.

The table ranks authorities on their aggregate scores (Agg).

The second column of figures is the average of the contextual value added (CVA) measures schools achieved.

The third column shows the extent of persistent absence (Abs): defined as those typically missing a fifth of lessons, both with and without permission.

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.

ESTAB	Agg	CVA	Abs
Isles of Scilly	274	99.8	2.4%
City of London	272	101.4	2.2%
Richmond-upon-Thames	272	100.5	1.6%
Wokingham	266	100	1.5%
Sefton	265	100.4	2.1%
Trafford	265	100.3	1.9%
Kensington and Chelsea	264	100.9	3.9%
Hartlepool	263	100.5	1.7%
Stockport	263	100.2	2.1%
Rutland	263	99.9	1.1%
Warrington	262	100.1	1.8%
Solihull	262	100	1.9%
Buckinghamshire	261	100	1.4%
Kingston-upon-Thames	260	100.2	2.1%
Calderdale	260	100.1	2.0%
Barnet	259	100.5	1.9%
Stockton-on-Tees	259	100.2	1.8%
Hertfordshire	259	100.2	1.9%
Windsor and Maidenhead	259	99.9	1.9%
Surrey	259	99.9	2.0%
Havering	259	99.8	2.1%
Bath and NE Somerset	258	99.9	1.4%
Gloucestershire	258	99.8	2.1%
Gateshead	257	100.2	2.7%
St Helens	257	100	2.6%
Cheshire	257	99.9	1.9%
Halton	256	100.5	2.5%
Sutton	256	100.1	2.5%
Warwickshire	256	100.1	1.7%
Cumbria	256	100	1.5%
East Riding of Yorks	256	99.9	1.4%
North Yorkshire	256	99.8	1.5%
Bromley	255	100.1	2.8%
Wigan	255	100.1	1.9%
Dorset	255	100.1	2.0%
Bury	255	100	2.1%
Nottinghamshire	255	100	2.0%
Shropshire	255	100	1.2%
Bracknell Forest	255	99.9	1.4%
Derbyshire	255	99.7	1.6%
Wirral	254	100.3	2.6%
Harrow	254	100.2	2.6%
Bexley	254	100	2.7%
Redbridge	254	100	2.4%
North Somerset	254	99.9	1.7%
Cambridgeshire	254	99.9	2.3%
Brighton and Hove	253	100.3	1.8%
York	253	100	1.8%
Hampshire	253	99.8	1.8%
Staffordshire	253	99.8	1.8%
South Gloucestershire	253	99.7	1.3%
Leicestershire	253	99.7	2.4%
Camden	252	100.8	2.8%
Tameside	252	99.9	2.8%
North Tyneside	252	99.8	1.8%
Lancashire	252	99.7	2.3%
Durham	251	100.3	2.4%
West Berkshire	251	99.9	1.5%
Swindon	251	99.8	2.5%
Hounslow	250	100.3	2.0%
South Tyneside	250	100.2	2.0%
Doncaster	250	99.9	3.0%
Devon	250	99.9	1.6%
Lincolnshire	250	99.8	2.0%
West Sussex	250	99.6	1.7%
Tower Hamlets	249	100.7	2.7%
Hammersmith and Fulham	249	100.6	3.6%
Oldham	249	100.2	2.8%
Rochdale	249	100.2	2.8%
Redcar and Cleveland	249	100.2	2.0%
Dudley	249	100.1	2.6%
Wiltshire	249	100.1	1.6%
Wandsworth	248	100.7	3.5%
Ealing	248	100.4	2.7%
Enfield	248	100.4	2.5%
Merton	248	100.1	3.0%
Bolton	248	100.1	2.9%
Cornwall	248	100	1.9%
Oxfordshire	248	100	2.0%
Essex	248	99.8	2.0%
Somerset	248	99.8	1.8%
Bedfordshire	248	99.6	2.7%
Sunderland	247	100.1	2.3%
Darlington	247	100.1	2.3%
Blackpool	247	100.1	3.5%
Hillingdon	247	100	2.0%
Plymouth	247	100	2.4%
Blackburn with Darwen	247	100	3.0%
Walsall	247	99.9	2.3%
North Lincolnshire	247	99.9	1.9%
Herefordshire	247	99.9	2.0%
Kirklees	247	99.8	2.4%
Milton Keynes	247	99.8	1.6%
Wakefield	247	99.7	2.5%
Knowsley	246	100.6	3.3%
Westminster	246	100.4	2.6%
Salford	246	100	3.0%
East Sussex	246	99.6	2.1%
Worcestershire	246	99.5	2.6%
Leeds	245	99.8	2.8%
Brent	244	100.2	3.7%
Liverpool	244	100.2	3.9%
Poole	244	99.6	2.4%
Northamptonshire	244	99.5	2.1%
Northumberland	244	99.2	3.0%
Lewisham	243	100.4	3.3%
Southwark	242	100.5	3.7%
Waltham Forest	242	100.4	2.5%
Croydon	242	100	3.3%
Middlesbrough	242	100	2.4%
Southend-on-Sea	242	100	3.0%
Barking and Dagenham	241	100.1	3.9%
Coventry	241	99.9	2.8%
North East Lincolnshire	241	99.8	1.5%
Torbay	241	99.7	2.6%
Lambeth	240	100.4	4.3%
Wolverhampton	240	100.1	2.9%
Peterborough	240	100.1	2.6%
Derby	240	99.5	2.6%
Bournemouth	240	99.5	2.2%
Norfolk	240	99.5	2.6%
Suffolk	240	99.3	1.9%
Islington	239	100.8	3.7%
Birmingham	239	100.1	3.7%
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	239	100	4.0%
Reading	239	99.9	2.3%
Luton	239	99.7	2.1%
Telford and Wrekin	239	99.4	2.0%
Greenwich	238	100.5	3.3%
Newham	238	100.3	2.8%
Thurrock	238	99.8	2.8%
Kent	238	99.8	2.5%
Barnsley	238	99.7	2.3%
Sheffield	237	100	3.6%
Manchester	236	100.4	4.7%
Sandwell	236	100	4.3%
Stoke-on-Trent	236	100	2.8%
Kingston-upon-Hull	236	99.9	3.5%
Medway Towns	236	99.8	2.2%
Bradford	236	99.7	3.9%
Rotherham	236	99.6	2.3%
Leicester	235	100	3.6%
Slough	235	99.5	3.3%
Nottingham	231	100.3	4.0%
Southampton	231	99.7	3.7%
Portsmouth	230	99.2	4.0%
Isle of Wight	230	99.2	2.8%
Haringey	229	100	3.1%
Bristol	229	99.8	3.4%
Hackney	228	100.1	2.9%