Newton Road, Lowton, Warrington, Cheshire WA3 2AW
10 reasons to choose Lowton Junior and Infant School
Top line
Lowton Junior and Infant School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 67. It is one of the best state primary schools in Warrington and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Lowton Junior and Infant School is a state primary school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a foundation school.
Average class size
Lowton Junior and Infant School has one class per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results and leavers' destinations
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Lowton Junior and Infant School ranks in the top 26% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 10% of schools. At the end of Year 6 around two thirds of pupils transfer to Golborne High School, with most others heading to Lowton Church of England High School.
The Lowton Junior and Infant School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Spanish. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Lowton Junior and Infant School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Lowton Junior and Infant School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.45am to 3.20/3.30pm though after school clubs may extend the day to 4.30pm.
Find another school near Lowton Junior and Infant School
Bridgewater School, Prep (9.4 miles); Clevelands Preparatory School (9.7 miles).
Gilded Hollins Community School (1 mile); St Wilfrid’s Catholic Primary School, Ashton-in-Makerfield (3.5 miles); Winwick Church of England Primary School (3.6 miles).
Bridgewater School (9.4 miles); Bolton School Girls’ Division (10.6 miles); Bolton School Boys’ Division (10.7 miles).
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield (4.4 miles); Fred Longworth High School (6.4 miles); Hawkley Hall High School (7 miles).