TOP of the table Lethbridge Primary School has an extra reason to celebrate after it failed to make the top 10 last year.

While many schools in Swindon are finding that raising standards is slow going particularly in English Lethbridge Primary School has recorded a set of results any school in the country would be proud of with 94 per cent of its pupils passing English and maths, and 99 per cent science.

Headteacher Ray Norman says he is proud of his staff and pupils, but adds that league tables are a poor way of examining success.

He said: "I have to say I am not keen on league tables. We prefer to look at results over a longer period of time.

"We try to do our best by our pupils and we are aware that other schools in Swindon are doing the same.

"Every school wants to do the best for its pupils. Putting them into a pecking order doesn't really help those members of staff who find they are up against it.

"In some schools circumstances prevail against them so it makes their improvements even more remarkable."