Lionheart School
Lionheart School is a pupil referral unit in Newport for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 47 pupils. About 68 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in January 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Albany Road, Newport, PO30 5HZ01983 300333Islandlearning.co.ukMr Andrew Hatherley headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 6 January 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 18 October 2023 | Ungraded | School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Isle of Wight council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 22 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for all schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (19), Moderate learning difficulty (1), Specific learning difficulty (1), language and communications needs (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 47 | 50 | 36 | 39 | 26 | 27 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 68% | 68% | 58% | 54% | 54% | 33% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 72% | 75% | 59% | 54% | 56% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 28% | 25% | 33% | 46% | 44% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 6 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 17% | 53% | 35% |
| Education | 17% | 33% | 12% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| Work | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| Not in education, work or training | 17% | 33% | 41% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunnyhill Ormiston Academy | Academy | 10 m | 406 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| The Isle of Wight College | Further education | 650 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Newport Church of England Aided Primary School | Church of England | 920 m | 300 | Good 2023 | 41 | Compare |
| Carisbrooke College | Academy | 0.9 miles | 615 | Requires improvement 2023 | 8 | Compare |
| Nine Acres Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 419 | Outstanding 2024 | 83 | Compare |
| Carisbrooke Church of England Controlled Primary School | Church of England | 1.0 miles | 351 | Good 2023 | 39 | Compare |
| Christ The King College | Church of England/Roman Catholic | 1.0 miles | 1,131 | Requires improvement 2023 | 17 | Compare |
| Medina House School | Council | 1.0 miles | 149 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Lionheart School a good school?
Lionheart School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from January 2026 rated its teaching as as expected.
What is Lionheart School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 6 January 2026 it rated teaching as as expected, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as strong.
How many pupils does Lionheart School have?
47 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026.
What do parents say about Lionheart School?
86% of the 22 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 86% say their child is happy there. Across England, 84% of parents would recommend their child's school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Albany Road, Newport, PO30 5HZ
- Telephone
- 01983 300333
- Website
- www.Islandlearning.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Hatherley
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Isle of Wight
- Ward
- Parkhurst & Hunnyhill
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2 September 2002 (new provision)
- URN
- 133744 · LAESTAB 9211102 · UKPRN 10017388
- Formerly
- Clatterford Tuition Centre
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.