Teachers are celebrating after their school was named as one of the most improved in the country.

Peter Gladwin Primary School, in Drove Road, Portslade, was highlighted by the Government as one of the 100 top schools for the amount its pupils improved between the ages of seven and 11.

The results featured in Standard Assessment Test (Sats) results tables published yesterday Peter Gladwin headteacher Catherine Keith said: “This reflects the hard work of the whole school community.

“Most importantly this improvement has been achieved through the development of an exciting and creative curriculum that has enriched and enhance the children's learning.

“We are looking forward to having a celebration with the children to coincide with the completion of our building programme another exciting development for our school and local community.”Other schools which saw improvements were St Mark’s CE Primary School and St Paul’s CE Primary School, both in Brighton.

However some schools received poorer results.

Whitehawk Primary School in Whitehawk Road, Brighton, was ranked in the bottom 200 primary schools in the country.

Headteacher Daniel Weiner, who took over at the school in December last year, said: “I am determined to improve both teaching and learning because children at this school deserve the very best.”

In Brighton and Hove 79% of pupils reached Level 4 in English and maths and 90% achieved the result in science.