Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School
Queen Street, Southwell, NG25 0AA
This school is closed (it closed in June 2025).
It was replaced by Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England/Methodist
- Headteacher
- Mr Mike Follen
- Diocese
- Diocese of Southwell
- Constituency
- Newark
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 400
- Pupils on roll
- 288
- URN
- 122769
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
About this school
Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School was a voluntary controlled primary school in Southwell. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 288 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 103 | 87 | 74 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 66% | 80% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 13% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 79% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 79% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 79% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior 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 | Nottinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 69% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 80% | 61.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 323 |
| 2023/24 | 322 |
| 2024/25 | 288 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 87% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 80% | 3.9% | 9.4% | 288 | — |
| Lowe's Wong Infant School | — | 3.9% | 9.5% | 140 | 0.0 miles |
| Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School | — | — | — | 293 | 0.0 miles |
| Holy Trinity CofE Infant School | — | 4.7% | 0% | 56 | 0.3 miles |
| Halam Church of England Primary School | 77% | 4.8% | 6.4% | 61 | 1.3 miles |
| Kirklington Primary School | — | — | — | 79 | 2.5 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)
- 9.38%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.91%
- Persistent absence
- 7.31%
Location
Nearby schools
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Lowe's Wong Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Southwell
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Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Southwell
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Holy Trinity CofE Infant School0.3 miles
Primary · Southwell
-
Halam Church of England Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Newark
-
Kirklington Primary School2.5 miles
Primary · Newark
Other schools in Southwell
- Holy Trinity CofE Infant School Primary
- Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School Primary
- Lowe's Wong Infant School Primary
- The Minster School Middle deemed secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School teach?
- Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Southwell.
- Has Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School?
- Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School had 288 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 69% in 2022/23 and 80% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior 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 8 July 2025.