The education watchdog Ofcom says primary schools in Cornwall are performing 5% higher than the national average.
74% of the county's primaries were rated as good or outstanding.
Only seven schools were judged as inadequate with the remaining 55 all judged as satisfactory..
At least five schools in the west country have begun legal action over changes to the GCSE marking system.
Many students who were predicted to get grade Cs in their English papers actually got Ds.
Penryn College and The Taunton Academy are among those challenging the exam regulators Ofqual and exam bodies. They want the papers to be marked in the same way as those taken earlier in the academic year.
The financial management of Exeter's largest school has been heavily criticised in a report.
The headteacher of West Exe College, earned £152,000 pounds a year, amost three times the average head's salary.
The pay scandal cost him his job - and that of his wife - she was the deputy head. An investigation has found evidence of excessive pay and a culture of secrecy.
Our Exeter correspondent Seth Conway reports.
Chair of Governors Peter Scott has spoken to The West Country Tonight after publication of the auditor's report into the failings at West Exe Technology College.
Mr Scott blew the whistle on the way the school was being governed that led to the resignation of the headteacher and his wife who was the deputy head.
"When we discovered what all the salaries were, clearly I was very concerned and we needed to take some action."
"The difficulty was the full governing body has a corporate responsibility for the school not always had a full picture as to what was going on."
Get more of the details on the investigation into the financial management at West Exe College by clicking here.
A pay scandal into an Exeter headteacher has now been revealed in full after an inquiry.
Read the full story194 schools and colleges across the West Country have been told they've been awarded prestigious art mark awards.
Nearly 200 schools and colleges across the West Country have been told they've been awarded a prestigious art mark awards.
The gongs from the Arts Council are in recognition of work carried out by schools to give their students opportunities in the arts. Cockwood Primary School in Devon is one of the school's which was given gold status by the council.
The traditional system of primary and secondary schools on Portland in Dorset is being replaced.
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