Edward Pauling Primary School, in Hounslow, is the best state-funded primary school in west London, according to a comprehensive new guide.

The Feltham school is also rated as the best in the whole of England, with other west London schools also making the national top 10.

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The Real Schools Guide 2015, compiled by Trinity Mirror's data unit, aims to give a far more comprehensive picture than traditional league tables.

It takes into account 42 different datasets - including not just Key Stage 2 SATs results but factors like value-added scores, pupil-teacher ratios and absence rates.

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Edward Pauling Primary School saw all its pupils gain at least Level 4 in maths, reading and writing, and 60% gain at least a Level 5 across the three subjects.

Pupils at the school performed 4.4% better than expected based on past performance, the best value added in England.

In second place in the area is St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School in Brent, while third is Thomas Jones Primary School in Kensington and Chelsea.

How the guide works

The Real Schools Guide ranking system aims to move beyond just looking at Key Stage 2 results as a measure of how good schools are and to give parents an idea of which schools will help their child prosper, no matter what their background is.

As a result, the league table factors in other things as well, like whether all pupils are making progress (not just those expected to get top grades), what attendance is like, the ratio of teachers to pupils and whether pupils are doing better than expected.

Attainment is worth 30% of the total score - this based on pupils' Key Stage 2 performance in 2015 and how it compares to 2014, as well as three-year averages. This measures whether a school is getting top marks and if it is managing to improve year on year.

Teaching is worth 40% of the score - it is based on how well different types of pupil at all levels of attainment do in comparison to expectations and how well the school does at closing the gender gap - measuring how teachers are helping pupils do the best they can. It also looks at how big the pupil/teacher ratio is in comparison to the national average as well as teachers' average salaries.

Progress is worth 20% and is based on whether pupils at different levels of attainment and from disadvantaged backgrounds are making progress between the end of infants and the end of juniors.

Attendance looks at levels of absence, unauthorised absence and persistent absence at the school, and is worth 10% of the total score.

Different measures are given weightings based on how important they are likely to be to parents - so percentage of pupils achieving at Level 4 or above in Key Stage 2 English and Maths in 2015 is worth a maximum of eight points and the value added score is worth 10, while difference between average teacher salary in 2014/15 and national average is worth just two.

'Valuable for parents'

Parents can see how well schools have performed in order to make the correct choice

Academics and government ministers welcomed the primary ratings as a way of helping parents find out how their local schools are performing when we launched them two years ago.

Dr Elaine McCreery, head of primary initial teacher education at Manchester Metropolitan University, said: "The education of primary children is so important that any information generated about the quality of provision is to be welcomed.

"While league tables have their limitations, it is good to see that these tables take into account a variety of factors to give a more rounded picture of what primary schools are doing.

"Undoubtedly, some parents will welcome the tables so that they can see the many ways in which judgements can be made about primary school provision. Parents with very young children, who are getting ready to go to school, might use them to view the provision in their area.

"Few, however, will have the capacity to re-locate in order to be within the catchment area of high-performing schools."

She added that the new guide may also be helpful for parents of pupils already at primary school.

She said: "It would also be valuable if parents with children already in school use the tables to get more involved in their children's school, supporting developments that are under way."

The ratings have also won government backing. Schools Minister David Laws said: "Making information about school performance freely available allows parents to see how their child's school is performing compared to others - and if necessary challenge it to improve.

"I'm pleased to see Trinity Mirror putting this information to good use.

"It is vital we continue to raise standards so all children leave primary school with a thorough grounding in reading, writing and maths and can thrive at secondary school. Publishing information on school performance is a key part of that."