The numbers have now been crunched from the school exams last summer for the Department for Education performance tables. There is a lot of data for each school to consider.

For secondary schools the key measure is considered to be “Grade C or better in English & maths GCSEs”. The average for schools in Hammersmith and Fulham was 69.4 per cent, compared to 62.6 per cent nationally.

The top five secondary schools are:

1. The London Oratory School
2. Sacred Heart High School
3. Lady Margaret School
4. Fulham Cross Girls’ School and Language College
5. West London Free School.

For primary schools the measure that gains most attention “is the number of pupils meeting the expected standard”. In our borough 61 per cent of children did so – compared to 53 per cent nationally.

The top five primary schools on that measure are:

1. The London Oratory School
2. St Stephen’s CofE Primary School
3. Normand Croft Community School for Early Years and Primary Education
4. Melcombe Primary School
5. St Augustine’s RC Primary School