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Primary · NG25 · Nottinghamshire

Lowe's Wong Infant School

Queen Street, Southwell, NG25 0AA

MINSTER TRUST FOR EDUCATION is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Requires improvement

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedRequires improvement
Attendance96%
AttainmentNo KS2 at this school
AdmissionsAbout average
Pupils178

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Requires improvement

Latest visit (May 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing, leadership and governance and early years expected standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in NG25. Where we have them, council (Newark and Sherwood) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
178
Free school meals
8.1%
2.4% above district average (5.7%)

Also: England 24.7%

SEN
7.1%
0.4% above district average (6.7%)

Also: England 18.2%

EAL
5.9%
2.8% above district average (3.1%)
Attendance
96%
0.6% below district average (96.6%)

Also: England 94.8%

Persistent absence
4.8%
Attainment
No KS2 at this school

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the NG25 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2021/2296%
  • 2022/2395.4%
  • 2023/2495.6%
  • 2024/2596.2%

Admissions

Demand signal
About average
Published capacity (GIAS)
206
Pupils on roll
178

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Nottinghamshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
7.1%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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