THE town's primary school pupils have proven they are among the brightest in the country as national figures show they have once again beaten the national average in their year six SATs.

Key stage two test results published this week reveal Warrington schools are expected to achieve even better grades than last year.

More than 69 per cent of pupils met the required standard in their reading, writing and maths skills compared to 61 per cent of children nationally.

This follows the news that every primary school in Warrington has now been ranked good or outstanding by Ofsted.

Cllr Jean Carter, executive board member for children’s services, said: “This has been an extremely successful year for Warrington primary schools.

“The results released this week show another brilliant performance.

"We are incredibly proud of all our pupils, parents, school staff and governors who have worked very hard to achieve these results”.

The expected results for reading show 77.2 per cent of children made the grade compared to 71 per cent nationally and 81.4 per cent of pupils passed their writing tests against the national figure of 76 per cent.

And this is clearly a town of talented young mathematicians as 83.6 per cent of Warrington pupils reached the expected standard compared to the national average of 75 per cent.

In the grammar, punctuation and spelling tests, which were unpopular with many parents, children came top of the class with 82.5 per cent making the grade compared to 77 per cent nationally.