Lionwood Junior School

Norwich · NR1 4HT

General information Junior School · 7-11 years Who goes here 239 pupils, 36.4% FSM

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Lionwood Junior School

General Information

Address: Wolfe Road, Norwich, NR1 4HT – View on map
Phone: 01603433014
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Selene Sawyer
Age range: 7-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

239 pupils out of 360 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 87
% eligible for free school meals: 36.4%
Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the Norwich average)
English as an additional language: 24% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 22.5% a year (Norwich 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 49% moved to another school, 51% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

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Across Norfolk: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 26 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 12 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Norfolk (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 7.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 19.1%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

SEN unit for Moderate learning difficulties 8 places · 8 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

Pupils on SEN Support: 31.4%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Moderate learning difficulty: 45 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 19 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 45% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 13 percentage points below the Norwich average (58%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 50% against an expected 57%)
3-year average (expected standard): 50%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 62% · Writing 67% · Maths 57% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 55%
Average test scores: reading 102, maths 101
Based on: 58 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolNorwich averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 13 percentage points below the Norwich average (58%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 22nd of 25 junior and primary schools in the area

=20The Free School Norwich46%
=22Lakenham Primary School45%
=22Lionwood Junior School45%
#24Tuckswood Academy43%
#25West Earlham Junior School38%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Charles Darwin Primary School81%
#2Eaton Primary School72%
#3St Michael's VA Junior School69%
#4Angel Road Junior School68%
=5Mile Cross Primary School67%
=5Valley Primary Academy67%
=7Colman Junior School65%
=7St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School65%
=7Wensum Junior School65%
#10Magdalen Gates Primary School62%
=11Avenue Junior School61%
=11Henderson Green Primary Academy61%
=13Bignold Primary School and Nursery57%
=13Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery57%
#15Bluebell Primary School56%
#16Catton Grove Primary School54%
#17Heartsease Primary Academy51%
#18George White Junior School50%
#19Norwich Primary Academy49%
=20St. Clements Hill Primary Academy46%
=20The Free School Norwich46%
=22Lakenham Primary School45%
=22Lionwood Junior School45%
#24Tuckswood Academy43%
#25West Earlham Junior School38%

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4th of 7 junior schools in Norwich for Ofsted rating

#2Colman Junior SchoolGood
#3George White Junior SchoolGood
#4Lionwood Junior SchoolGood
#5St Michael's VA Junior SchoolGood
#6West Earlham Junior SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Avenue Junior SchoolGood
#2Colman Junior SchoolGood
#3George White Junior SchoolGood
#4Lionwood Junior SchoolGood
#5St Michael's VA Junior SchoolGood
#6West Earlham Junior SchoolGood
#7Wensum Junior SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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