Roman Hill Primary School, Lowestoft

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils at Roman Hill Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 45% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 72% in Suffolk and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 66% in reading and 50% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Roman Hill Primary School as their first choice and 39 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Roman Hill Primary School are St Margaret's Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 56% reading, 63% maths); Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 73% reading, 78% maths); Poplars Community Primary School (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, 83% reading, 87% maths); and Red Oak Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 95% reading, 98% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Roman Hill Primary School.

Roman Hill Primary School is one of 7 schools run by Kingfisher Schools Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 37% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

40 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Roman Hill Primary School (as of September 2025): 58% would recommend the school, 80% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (80%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

50.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 10.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 94 pupils (25.1%) received SEN support and 39 (10.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Roman Hill Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 24 places, 12 pupils on roll.

Roman Hill Primary School had 26 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Lowestoft Rail Station, about 730 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Roman Hill Primary School (outside), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Roman Hill Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 363 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Suffolk (32), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Roman Hill Primary School issued 79 suspensions, 18.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Roman Hill Primary School are Learning Support, Northern Area Education Office (0.4 miles); Ormiston Denes Academy (0.8 miles); East Point Academy (0.9 miles); and Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics (1.3 miles).