Lowton Junior and Infant School

Foundation school·Primary school Warrington, Wigan·WA3 2AW
Composite score
46.9
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#8,446
National rank
#1204
In North West
#69
In Wigan
Top 57%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
18 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.75
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
46
any preference, for 24 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.9620230.8020240.6320250.752026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Lowton Junior and Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
199
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
27.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,901
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Lowton Junior and Infant School

Lowton Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Warrington, Wigan, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 199 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 56% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Lowton Junior and Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 24 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.0%. There are about 27.0 pupils per teacher. Lowton Junior and Infant School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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