10 East Lancashire primary schools failing to meet standards in reading, writing and maths

Schools are considered to be under-performing if fewer than 65% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, or if they fail to make sufficient progress in the three key areas.

The schools are:

Griffin Park Primary School, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen

St Aidan's Primary School — A Church of England Academy, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen

Sudell Primary School, Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen

St John's Stonefold CofE Primary School, Accrington, Lancashire

St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup

St Mary Magdalene's Roman Catholic Primary School, Burnley

Clayton-le-Woods Church of England Primary School, Chorley

Colne Primet Primary School, Colne

Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School, Nelson

Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School, Rossendale

Fall in percentage of good or outstanding schools in Blackburn with Darwen

Across England, 61% of about 600,000 11-year-olds who sat this year's Sats — or national curriculum tests — achieved the Government-expected standard, according to the Department for Education (DfE).

This compares with 53% in 2016, the first year of major changes to assessments.

A total of 511 (4%) mainstream primary schools in England failed to meet the Government's floor standard this year, against 665 (5%) last year.