New data has lifted the lid on Ayrshire's best performing primary schools.
Figures compiled by The Times Scotland show the percentage of P7 pupils meeting the required standard in core skills in Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence.
Symington Primary has produced the best scores in Ayrshire, earning the village school a fifth place in Scotland.
The school has the smallest roll in the top five and scored 100 per cent in writing, numeracy, reading, and listening and talking.
Symington ascended to Ayrshire's top spot this year after scoring 350 in 2019.
Each primary school has been assigned a score out of 400, which drew together the percentage of pupils up to standard in the four skills into a single comparable metric. Schools whose scores rose by at least 40 points were deemed to have improved. Schools that dropped by 40 points declined under this methodology.
Mark McLaughlin, education correspondent at The Times Scotland, said: “It’s important to note that The Times Scotland Primary School League Table is not ‘Scotland’s schools ranked from best to worst’.
“It presents government data from P7, arguably the most important year for pupils preparing for high school, for parents to analyse standards across the 1,250 schools that published reportable results.
“Scottish ministers claim they ‘don’t do league tables’ and maintain this facade by calling their aggregated spreadsheet of pupil performance the “Acel”, which stands for Achievement in Curriculum for Excellence Levels.
“Few parents could tell you what an “Acel” is, let alone where to find it in the recesses of a government quango’s website, so The Times presents the data here in terms parents can understand.
“These statistics do not capture the full range of success and adversity teachers and pupils face each day, but they do open a narrow window for parents to peer through to assess standards in their children’s schools.”
Ayrshire Primary School League Table
- Symington Primary, South Ayrshire (400)
- St Luke's Primary, North Ayrshire (390)
- Dykesmains Primary, North Ayrshire (380)
- West Kilbride Primary, North Ayrshire (380)
- St Winning's Primary, North Ayrshire (370)
- Dalry Primary, North Ayrshire (370)
- Heathfield Primary, South Ayrshire (370)
- Kingcase Primary, South Ayrshire (370)
- Troon Primary, South Ayrshire (370)
- Caledonia Primary, North Ayrshire (360)
- St John's Primary (Ayr), South Ayrshire (360)
- Stanley Primary, North Ayrshire (360)
- St John's Primary (Stevenston), North Ayrshire (350)
- Garnock Community Campus, North Ayrshire (350)
- Holmston Primary, South Ayrshire (350)
- Newton Primary, South Ayrshire (340)
- Annbank Primary, South Ayrshire (340)
- Kincaidston Primary, South Ayrshire (340)
- Glebe Primary, North Ayrshire (340)
- Annick Primary, North Ayrshire (340)
- St Mary's Primary (Largs), North Ayrshire (340)
- Alloway Primary, South Ayrshire (340)
- Barshare Primary, East Ayrshire (330)
- St Mark's Primary, North Ayrshire (330)
- Darvel Primary, East Ayrshire (330)
- St Anthony's Primary, North Ayrshire (330)
- Glenburn Primary, South Ayrshire (330)
- Whitehirst Park Primary, North Ayrshire (330)
- Doonfoot Primary, South Ayrshire (330)
- Fenwick Primary, East Ayrshire (330)
- Tarbolton Primary, South Ayrshire (330)
- Woodlands Primary, North Ayrshire (320)
- Lawthorn Primary, North Ayrshire (320)
- Largs Primary, North Ayrshire (320)
- Forehill Primary, South Ayrshire (320)
- Dundonald Primary, South Ayrshire (320)
- New Cumnock Primary, East Ayrshire (310)
- Gardenrose Primary, South Ayrshire (310)
- Dunlop Primary, East Ayrshire (310)
- Pennyburn Primary, North Ayrshire (300)
- Dalmilling Primary, South Ayrshire (300)
- Corsehill Primary, North Ayrshire (300)
- St John Ogilvie Primary, North Ayrshire (300)
- St Peter's Primary (Ardrossan), North Ayrshire (300)
- Loanhead Primary, East Ayrshire (300)
- Mauchline Primary, South Ayrshire (300)
- Coylton Primary, South Ayrshire (300)
- Nether Robertland Primary, East Ayrshire (300)
- Lainshaw Primary, East Ayrshire (290)
- Moorpark Primary, North Ayrshire (280)
- Drongan Primary, East Ayrshire (280)
- Glencairn Primary, North Ayrshire (280)
- St Andrew's Primary, East Ayrshire (280)
- Onthank Primary, East Ayrshire (280)
- Grammar Primary, South Ayrshire (280)
- Annanhill Primary, East Ayrshire (280)
- Gargieston Primary, East Ayrshire (280)
- St Bridget's Primary, North Ayrshire (270)
- Barassie Primary, South Ayrshire (270)
- Beith Primary, North Ayrshire (270)
- Netherthird Primary, East Ayrshire (260)
- Dreghorn Primary, North Ayrshire (260)
- Hayocks Primary, North Ayrshire (250)
- Hurlford Primary, East Ayrshire (250)
- Girvan Primary, South Ayrshire (250)
- Kilmaurs Primary, East Ayrshire (240)
- Struthers Primary, South Ayrshire (240)
- Whatriggs Primary, East Ayrshire (230)
- Mayfield Primary, North Ayrshire (230)
- Galston Primary, East Ayrshire (230)
- Auchinleck Primary, East Ayrshire (220)
- Dalrymple Primary, East Ayrshire (220)
- Castlepark Primary, North Ayrshire (200)
- Greenmill Primary, East Ayrshire (200)
- Braehead Primary, South Ayrshire (190)
- Elderbank Primary, North Ayrshire (190)
- St Patrick's Primary (Auchinleck), East Ayrshire (180)
- Shortlees Primary, East Ayrshire (170)
- Crosshouse Primary, East Ayrshire (170)
- Hillhead Primary, East Ayrshire (150)
- Abbey Primary, North Ayrshire (140)
- James Hamilton Primary, East Ayrshire (130)
- Patna Primary, East Ayrshire (0)
- Ardeer Primary, North Ayrshire (0)
- Winton Primary, North Ayrshire (0)
- Mount Carmel Primary, East Ayrshire (0)
- Muirhead Primary, South Ayrshire (0)
- St Patrick's Primary (Troon), South Ayrshire (0)
- Skelmorlie Primary, North Ayrshire (0)
*Around 750 schools across Scotland did not submit data or were redacted from official statistics because so few pupils met the required standard.
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