LANCASHIRE Primary schools have exceeded the national average in every category in this year's performance table.

But, echoing the caution after the publication of the secondary school league tables last week, education chiefs are warning parents to judge primaries on more than the just figures.

In Preston, Brockholes Wood Community Primary School, in Brant Road, increased for the fourth successive year, from 100 percent to 146 percent to 218 percent to 262 percent.

While the sum of test measures at English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, in Sizer Street, decreased for the fourth successive year from 243 percent to 20 percent to 197 percent to 177 percent.

The basis of the tables is the tests in English, maths and science for pupils who are 11 during a school year. These are to see how many are achieving 'level four' -- the expected standard for those completing Key Stage 2.

The schools were also judged on unauthorised and authorised absences.

Councillor Alan Whittaker, cabinet member for education and young people, said: "Our schools should feel proud of these excellent results. Lancashire is maintaining a trend of improvement in overall test percentages and the results are significantly above the national average in all subjects.

"The number of pupils achieving level four or above in each subject will obviously very from school to school.

"Each school has a different intake, and because a school has a lower proportion of pupils achieving level four does not imply that it is performing less well.

"It may be performing very well and have a high proportion of pupils for whom attaining level three is a major achievement.

"Schools should be judged by a broad range of measures, not just the tables published today, but it is encouraging to find that so many Lancashire schools are doing well."