The 'flawless' Edinburgh primary schools ranked among best in Scotland

Several Edinburgh primary schools have achieved flawless scores in The Sunday Times' league table - ranking them among some of the top-performing across the country.

Eight primaries from the capital scored full marks of 400 out of 400 after receiving flawless results with categories such as listening, talking, numeracy, reading and writing all being ranked.

Several West Lothian, Fife and schools in the Scottish Borders also scored top marks in the recently revealed list. Some 81 schools scored a perfect 400 out of 400. The table also uses neighbourhood deprivation figures which take into account income, jobs, health, education, housing, crime and access to local amenities.

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The eight top-scoring and performing schools which made up the list from Edinburgh were Holy Cross RC, Wardie, Pentland, Blackhall, Deans Park, James Gillespie's, Queensferry and South Morningside Primary.

The Lothians offer a tale of two councils. West Lothian is near the top of the table with percentages in the mid-80s while East Lothian is second bottom with only around 70 per cent of pupils up to standard in most disciplines. Shetland Islands is bottom of the table, with around 70 per cent of pupils up to standard.

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Only one local school was included in the lowest 20 of the 'improvement needed' category. East Lothian's Wallyford Primary School scored just 220 out of 400.

A Sunday Times Scotland spokesman said: "We are always careful to clarify that The Times Scotland Primary School League Table is not 'Scotland's schools ranked from best to worst'.

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"It presents government data from primary seven, arguably the most important year for pupils preparing for high school, for parents to analyse standards across the 1,250 schools that published reportable results. Our aim is to present data in an easily accessible format that parents can understand."