Jewish primaries are performing well above the average, according to new tables released by the Department for Education today.

They came second out of all faith school groups in England in English and maths, behind the single state-aided Hindu school.

Sixty-eight per cent of children in the 30 state-aided Jewish primaries reached the expected standards in reading, writing, grammar and maths – compared with 75 per cent at the Hindu school.

But Jewish schools had the largest proportion of children reaching a higher than expected standard – 10 per cent.

Sixty-three per cent of eight state-aided Muslim primaries achieved the expected standard in English and maths; followed by 61 per cent in Sikh schools: 59 per cent in Roman Catholic: 56 per cent in Church of England: and 53 per cent in secular schools.

The national average for all schools was 53 per cent.

The proportion of higher achievers in Jewish schools was double the national average of five per cent.

Overall, 85 per cent of children in Jewish schools reached the expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling (compared with a national average of 73 per cent); 82 per cent in writing (compared with 75 per cent): 82 per cent in maths (compared with 71 per cent); and 79 per cent (compared with 67 per cent in reading).

In every category except writing, Jewish schools were more than 10 per cent above the national average.