Lionwood Infant and Nursery school academised on April 1st 2017. This meant that it was no longer run by the Local Authority. It joined with five other schools in the community to form a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) called Inclusive Schools Trust. On 1st September 2026 Inclusive Schools Trust merged with Clarion Corvus Trust and the larger Multi Academy Trust are now called Clarion Inclusive Trust.
If you would like to learn more about the Trust please click on this link Clarion Inclusive Trust
Approximately 98% of children transfer from Lionwood Infants to Lionwood Junior School.
Lionwood Infant & Nursery School is set on the eastern side of Norwich close to the city centre. The Riverside development alongside the station includes leisure activities, a retail park and mixed housing. The school will accommodate 262 children in the main school.
The school serves a mixed catchment area taking pupils from both local authority and private housing. The Pilling Park area of Thorpe Hamlet has been identified as an area of need with the establishment of the Sure-Start Project in 2000 aimed at improving health and social provision for local families. This creates a vibrant school community which demands careful organisation of teaching and learning to meet the needs of a wide ability range of pupils.
Play areas consist of a totally enclosed inner courtyard with a range of play equipment where the younger children learn through play, an all-weather surface (astro-turf) and the field, which are used by the older children for PE lessons and all children use them outdoor learning and at play times. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) benefit from enclosed garden areas providing opportunities to use all aspects of the environment to enhance their learning. The Year One classes benefit from dedicated outside learning areas connected to their classrooms which they use on a daily basis to enrich the children’s learning.
The play area at the rear of the school serves children in Key Stage 1.
