EIGHT primary schools in Croydon are failing their pupils, according to the latest league tables.
Figures released by the Department for Education (DfE) show none of the borough's primaries feature in the country's top 1,000 schools for the Sats tests taken by 11-year-olds last summer.
Eight local schools have failed to meet the Government target of at least 60 per cent of pupils achieving Level 4 in reading, writing and maths.
In English, Level 4 means pupils can spell properly, use joined-up handwriting and start using complex sentences. In maths, pupils need to be able to use percentages and fractions, and divide and multiply by 10 and 100.
The schools failing to meet this target include Winterbourne Junior Boys' School, in Thornton Heath, as well as Wolsey Junior and Castle Hill primaries in New Addington.
High-fliers in the Sats tests are given a Level 5. The Hayes Primary School, in Kenley, came top in this category, with 45 per cent of its pupils achieving the higher level.
Wolsey Junior School came bottom, with only 2 per cent of pupils achieving a Level 5.
All schools were also given an average score which assigned points to each level, with Level 2 or below scoring 15 and Level 6 scoring 39 points.
In this category, Keston Primary School came top with an average score of 31, and Castle Hill came last with 24.8.
South Norwood Primary School had their results annulled after an administration error in September.
Wolsey Junior School and Winterbourne Junior Boys' School are also shown to be failing their disadvantaged pupils the most, with only a 28 per cent and 20 per cent achievement rate respectively.
A council spokesman said the tables did not reflect the most up-to-date results, in which five per cent more schools had been rated by Ofsted as good or above than last year.
"This puts us at 78 per cent, which is the national average," he said. "The number of primary schools below the so-called floor targets also improved in 2013, and is down to just nine.
"Our GCSE results are significantly better than the national average, although we do still have some catching up to do with other parts of London."
Paul Glover, deputy head at the new Wolsey Junior Academy, said the results of the former school, which was in special measures at the time, were "extremely disappointing".
He added: "It is awful the children were failed in that way, but we have an extremely dedicated and hard working team.
"I have every belief this year's results will be excellent."
