Lionel Primary School
Lionel Road North, Brentford, TW8 9QT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs M Hone
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Brentford and Isleworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 652
- Pupils on roll
- 611
- URN
- 102493
- Local authority
- Hounslow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085605323
About this school
Lionel Primary School is a community primary school in Brentford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 611 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lionel Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 86 | 84 | 76 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 79% | 78% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 14% | 21% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 88% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 88% | 93% | 92% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 95% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lionel Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hounslow average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 79% | 64.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 78% | 64.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 647 |
| 2023/24 | 643 |
| 2024/25 | 604 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lionel Primary School compares
Lionel Primary School ranked 13th of 47 primary schools in Hounslow for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 78% | 6.2% | 22.6% | 611 | — |
| Green Dragon Primary School | 60% | 6.9% | 39.3% | 385 | 0.4 miles |
| Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.6 miles |
| Little Ealing Primary School | 79% | 3.8% | 7.1% | 674 | 0.6 miles |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | 69% | 3.7% | 38.4% | 246 | 0.7 miles |
| Our Lady and St John's Catholic Primary School | 90% | 3.5% | 17.4% | 221 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.57%
- English as an additional language
- 66.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.19%
- Persistent absence
- 19.63%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Green Dragon Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Brentford
-
Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · London
-
Little Ealing Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · London
-
St Paul's CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Brentford
-
Our Lady and St John's Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Brentford
Other schools in Brentford
- Green Dragon Primary School Primary
- Our Lady and St John's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Paul's CofE Primary School Primary
- Brentford School for Girls Secondary
- Gunnersbury Catholic School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Lionel Primary School teach?
- Lionel Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Brentford.
- Who is the headteacher of Lionel Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lionel Primary School is Mrs M Hone, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lionel Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lionel Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Lionel Primary School?
- Lionel Primary School has 611 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Lionel Primary School full?
- Lionel Primary School has capacity for 652 pupils and 611 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lionel Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lionel Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lionel Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Lionel Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Lionel Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Lionel Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Lionel Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 78% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lionel Primary School compare with other schools in Hounslow?
- Lionel Primary School ranked 13th of 47 primary schools in Hounslow for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lionel Primary School's absence rate?
- Lionel Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lionel Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lionel Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.