Lionheart School
Albany Road, Newport, PO30 5HZ
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Hatherley
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 47
- URN
- 133744
- Local authority
- Isle of Wight
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01983300333
About this school
Lionheart School is a special school in Newport. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 47 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Lionheart 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 |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39 |
| 2023/24 | 36 |
| 2024/25 | 50 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 70%
- English as an additional language
- 2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Medina House School1.0 miles
Special schools · Newport Isle of Wight
-
St George's School1.4 miles
Special schools · Newport
-
Priory School2.7 miles
Independent schools · Whippingham
-
Ryde School with Upper Chine6.2 miles
Independent schools · Ryde
-
Forest Edge School7.4 miles
Special schools · Sandown
Other schools in Newport
- St George's School Special schools
- Arreton St George's Church of England (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Barton Primary School Primary
- Brighstone Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- Carisbrooke Church of England Controlled Primary School Primary
- Hunnyhill Ormiston Academy Primary
- Newport Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- Nine Acres Primary School Primary
- Shalfleet Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primary
- Summerfields Primary School Primary
- Carisbrooke College Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lionheart School teach?
- Lionheart School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in Newport.
- Who is the headteacher of Lionheart School?
- The headteacher of Lionheart School is Mr Andrew Hatherley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lionheart School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lionheart 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 big is Lionheart School?
- Lionheart School has 47 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Lionheart School a faith school?
- No. Lionheart School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lionheart School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Lionheart School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 1 July 2026.