A PONTELAND primary school is among the best, a new guide has revealed.

The Times' Parent Power Schools Guide ranks schools across the UK using performance results.

Ponteland Community Primary School, on the village's Callerton Lane, has been named one of the top state primary schools for the North East region. It also has a national rank of 148.

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"Ponteland Community Primary School is very proud to have been named in the Sunday Times' list of top primary schools", said headteacher Carl Johnson. "We work tirelessly every day to offer the children specialist, outstanding teaching coupled with the best primary school facilities around. 

"It is always a privilege to be recognised for the children’s and staff’s commitment to ensuring the best education. 

"We live by our vision that ‘...in order that they may have life and have it abundantly.’ (John 10:10). "

Other North East primary schools to make the guide:

Newcomen Primary School, Redcar

Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy, Sunderland

Staindrop Church of England Primary School, Darlington

Kingston Park Primary School, Newcastle upon Tyne

Coxhoe Primary School, Durham

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland

New Seaham Academy, Seaham

Ponteland Community Primary School, Newcastle upon Tyne

Bailey Green Primary School, Newcastle upon Tyne

Brighton Avenue Primary School, Gateshead

St Paul's Church of England Primary School, Ryhope, Sunderland

St Thérѐse of Lisieux Catholic Primary School, Stockton-on-Tees

Chandlers Ridge Academy, Middlesbrough

Bernard Gilpin Primary School, Houghton-le-Spring

Fellside Community Primary School, Newcastle upon Tyne

West Jesmond Primary School, Newcastle upon Tyne

Throckley Primary School, Newcastle upon Tyne

St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne

St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle upon Tyne

Kells Lane Primary School, Gateshead