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Lionwood Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Telegraph Lane East, Norwich NR1 4AN · lionwoodinfant.co.uk · 01603 433957
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2025
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 212
- 81% of 262 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.5%
- First language not English
- 23.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Clarion Corvus Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 44 families put the school first and 47 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 47 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 58 | 1▲ | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 58 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 61 | 60 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Lionwood Infant and Nursery School on 15 July 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 15 Jul 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (56 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 56
- 25% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (18%) with SEND