Primary Schools

The best primary schools in West Yorkshire named

The 23 best primary schools in West Yorkshire named

The 27 best-performing primary schools in Yorkshire that set pupils up for success

The 27 best-performing primary schools in Yorkshire named

These Yorkshire primary schools have done their communities proud

Yorkshire's 24 stand-out primary schools, based on our metric

The amount of children offered a place at their parents' first choice of primary school varied considerably by council area

Where in Yorkshire the most children get their first-pick primaries

These primary schools were among many across the country boasting exceptionally low absence rates

The best primary schools in England for attendance

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

The primary schools where 100% of pupils hit performance targets

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

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

All Yorkshire primary schools offering free breakfasts from April

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 West Yorkshire's highest performers last year

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

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'

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

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
We often turn to grades when comparing a region’s schools, but children’s happiness is just as important 🏫
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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

Primary schools from right across the country have made the list (Photo: National World/Google)

The 15 best-rated primary schools across England

Schools remain open to the children of key workers.

Primary schools may be first places to reopen after lockdown

The rate of cases of Covid-19 among schoolchildren in Wakefield "remains steady", one of the the district's health chiefs has said. A national row has emerged about the return to school this week, after teaching unions called for schools to remain closed amid rising rates of Covid-19.

Rate of Covid in Wakefield's children 'remains steady'

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

Pupils and staff in front of the smashed windows at St Joseph's Primary School.

Vandal attacks cost schools thousands

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