Children are assessed when they reach the end of their final year at primary school before they leave and join a secondary school.
The data shows how many pupils at each school met or exceeded the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of the 2023-24 academic year.
Five primary schools near Salisbury saw at least 80 per cent of pupils achieve the expected standard, and a further eight had more than 70 per cent reach it.
Winterbourne Earls Church of England Primary School tops the rankings for the Salisbury parliamentary constituency and is Wiltshire’s seventh best.
Woodford Valley Church of England Aided School also performed well and is the county’s joint-eighth-best primary, according to the new figures.
But Wiltshire is below average for the number of pupils who achieve the expected standard, with 57 per cent reaching it compared to 61 per cent across England.
Woodford Valley, where 88 per cent of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (Image: Google Street View)The government does not publish figures for independent schools such as Salisbury Cathedral School and Godolphin School, so they are not included in the table.
Others that have recently become academies, such as Longford Church of England Primary School, were assessed before joining their new academy trusts.
How are performance scores calculated?
At the end of key stage 2, pupils are assessed on their English grammar, punctuation and spelling, reading and maths.
The Department for Education uses “scaled scores to report the outcomes of these tests to ensure we can make accurate comparisons of performance over time”.
Pupils who score at least 100 will have met the expected standard, which was defined and set in 2016 by a panel of teachers.
Children are said to be “achieving at a higher standard” if they achieve a score of 110 or more. This provides information about children achieving in the top five per cent.