Derbyshire SAT results reveal top-performing regional areas, full list includes Derby, Leicester & Nottingham
See how Derbyshire areas ranked in SATs results for English and maths standards.
Primary schools help build a solid foundation for a child’s formative years by developing core social, academic and social skills.
When it comes to how many pupils finish school with them, persistent regional gaps linger on.
The Government released provisional national performance data last week.
This showed pupils who reached the end of Key Stage 2 – or Year 6 – in the 2024/25 school year.
Largely based around the standard assessment tests (SATs) learners sit in their final year of primary school, it showed that the proportion of children nationwide who met the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths has risen to 62% – up from 61% the year before.
However figures showed attainment varied from this national average across England’s different regions.
Specifically, the gap between the highest and lowest performing regions, London and the South West respectively, was 9 percentage points this year.
It has narrowed slightly since 2024 when it sat at 10 percentage points, with a decrease in London and an increase in the South West’s performance.
The attainment gap appears even more stark across different council areas.
With this in mind, we have studied the percentage of this year’s recent primary school leavers who met Government standards for these three key school skills in each of them - to help families get an idea of what attainment looks like in their community.
Each local authority has been listed by region, and then by those with the highest proportion of children reaching expected standards in reading, writing and maths in the most recent school year. Where two councils have the same score, they have been listed alphabetically.
The regional average across East Midlands was 60%, here is how the region performed
- Rutland - 65%
- Leicestershire - 63%
- Nottinghamshire - 63%
- West Northamptonshire - 62%
- Nottingham - 60%
- Leicester - 59%
- Derbyshire - 58%
- Lincolnshire - 58%
- North Northamptonshire - 58%
- Derby - 54%
To get an idea of how other regions performed, here are the averages for other parts of the UK.
Regional averages for other parts of the UK
- The regional average across the North East was 61%.
- The regional average across the North West was 60%.
- The regional average across Yorkshire was 60%.
- The regional average across the West Midlands was 60%.
- The regional average across the East of England was 59%.
- The regional average across London was 68%.
- The regional average across the South East was 61%.
- The regional average across the South West was 59%.
Individual schools’ performance data based on this year’s results won’t be available until later in the year.