A Chessington primary school and a secondary in New Malden have been honoured under a new programme set up by the Mayor of London to recognise exceptional schools in London.

Schools for Success was set up by Sadiq Khan's office to help tackle education inequality and increase standards for all school children across the capital, whatever their background.

It celebrates schools that achieve academic success with all their pupils, particularly disadvantaged or vulnerable students who started off behind their peers.

Just six per cent of primary and secondary schools made the grade, and this includes Castle Hill Primary School in Buckland Road and Coombe Girls' School in New Malden.

Mr Khan said: “London has some of the best schools in the country, and Schools for Success shows the huge difference good quality teaching can make to pupils who started off behind in their studies.”

In 2016, there were more than 39,000 pupils at the end of primary school who did not reach expected levels, according to the Mayor of London’s Annual Education Report.

Castle Hill's headteacher Lou Anderson said: “I could not be any more proud of staff and pupils. I am delighted the school’s hard work and achievements have been recognised, we are now looking forward to working with other schools and sharing the very good practice on display here every day with others.

“Castle Hill is a very special place, we strive to meet the varied needs of all learners in as many creative ways as possible.

“It is a privilege to lead this amazing school. The whole community are very supportive, the staff are amazing and pupils love learning. Everyone has played a huge part in our success.”