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Lionel Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Lionel Road North, Brentford TW8 9QT · lionelprimaryschool.co.uk · 020 8560 5323
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 78%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hounslow 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 2.65 mi
- 4.26 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Hounslow Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 611
- 94% of 652 places
- Local authority
- Hounslow
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 20.8%
- First language not English
- 63.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 2.65 mi (4.26 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.80 mi (1.29 km). Source: Hounslow Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 48 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 94% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 48 | 0.8 | 94% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 85% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 71 | 61 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 62 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 89 | 59 | 0.7 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.65 mi4.26 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.80 mi1.29 km | |
| September 2024 | All | |
The council shows every applicant under the distance rule as offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 21% the higher standard. Across Hounslow it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲78% | 62% | ||
| ▲21% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Lionel Primary School on 4 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 4 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jul 2015
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding May 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (61 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 61
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (18%) with SEND