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Lowe's Wong Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Academy
Queen Street, Southwell NG25 0AA · lwi.org.uk · 01636 812207
On the mapSearch near NG25 0AA
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Nottinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 140
- 67% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Free school meals
- 9%
- First language not English
- 5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Nottinghamshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 45 families put the school first and 45 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 | 45 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 51 | 51 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 53 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Lowe's Wong Infant School on 10 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 10 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 122676), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122676)
Jul 2006Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122676)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Positive
- 100%
- Replies
- 54
- 32% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on 1 parent (2%) whose child was bullied
based on 4 parents (7%) with SEND