Lowe's Wong Infant School
Queen Street, Southwell, NG25 0AA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- MINSTER TRUST FOR EDUCATION
- Headteacher
- Aly Speed
- Constituency
- Newark
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 140
- URN
- 145642
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01636812207
About this school
Lowe's Wong Infant School is a primary academy in Southwell. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 140 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lowe's Wong Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Lowe's Wong Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 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 | 185 |
| 2023/24 | 170 |
| 2024/25 | 169 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lowe's Wong Infant School compares
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 | — | 3.9% | 9.5% | 140 | — |
| 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 |
| Bleasby Church of England Primary School | 68% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 130 | 2.7 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report10 March 2026
- 29 November 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 9.49%
- English as an additional language
- 5.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.9%
- Persistent absence
- 5.26%
Location
Nearby schools
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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
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Halam Church of England Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Newark
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Kirklington Primary School2.5 miles
Primary · Newark
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Bleasby Church of England Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · Nottingham
Other schools in Southwell
- Holy Trinity CofE Infant School Primary
- Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School Primary
- The Minster School Middle deemed secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Lowe's Wong Infant School teach?
- Lowe's Wong Infant School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in Southwell.
- Who is the headteacher of Lowe's Wong Infant School?
- The headteacher of Lowe's Wong Infant School is Aly Speed, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lowe's Wong Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lowe's Wong Infant 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 Lowe's Wong Infant School?
- Lowe's Wong Infant School has 140 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is Lowe's Wong Infant School full?
- Lowe's Wong Infant School has capacity for 210 pupils and 140 on roll (67%), 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 Lowe's Wong Infant School a faith school?
- No. Lowe's Wong Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lowe's Wong Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Lowe's Wong Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Lowe's Wong Infant School part of an academy trust?
- Lowe's Wong Infant School is part of MINSTER TRUST FOR EDUCATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Lowe's Wong Infant School's absence rate?
- Lowe's Wong Infant School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Lowe's Wong Infant 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 Lowe's Wong Infant 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 10 July 2026.