More than 4% of the approximately 17,000 primary schools in England failed to meet the new, stricter government regulations on the basics of math and English , according to the new school league tables published on Thursday
Some 767 schools failed to government mandated floor of at least 60 % of students achieving "side - ready " levels in reading, writing and mathematics , and were below the measures of progress in the three subjects.
A spokesman for the Department for Education (DfE ) said: "This government brought higher goals Floor primary school with one goal in mind - to improve standards with immediate effect to end years of failure rooted .
Schools respond to this challenge . Standards floor presented were tougher and performance is improving. Heads , teachers and students deserve recognition for meeting the challenge head on. "
It was hoped that the slight improvement after the 2013 results of the key stage two ( KS2 ) tests 11 years old - in which the parent tables are based - showed better performance at national level.
Overall, the proportion of pupils reaching level four in reading , writing and mathematics at KS2 rose to 76 % this year from 75 % in 2012.
One of the best performing schools in the leaderboards primary Litton was a small Church of England school - volunteer assisted with only two classrooms and 45 students in total, in a village near Buxton, Derbyshire.
Litton - which was rated outstanding by Ofsted inspectors last year - was one of eight elementary schools in the country to reach the average levels of 5A for their students. Average score was marginally surpassed by Litton Primary School St Oswald Chester .
The Catholic elementary school San José , another small school near Clitheroe in Lancashire, was close behind .
There are 94 primary schools in which all children had at least secondary levels " ready " in reading and math tests , and evaluations of teachers of writing, as well as making expected progress in the three subjects .
The worst performing local authorities include Poole in Dorset , where five of 15 primary schools in the authority did not comply with the ground. Norfolk had 25 primary that missed the mark, Bradford had 22 and 21 Suffolk.
The DfE said sponsored schools improved their performance in the key three percentage points as compared to 2012 , while local authority mainstream schools increased by one percentage point.
"Some of the improvements seen in new primary schools are sponsored notables - ending years of chronic under- performance," said spokesman DfE .
"The experience and the strong leadership of the sponsors is the best way to turn around failing schools and give students the best opportunity there a first-class education . "
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