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Buswells Lodge Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Beauville Drive, Beaumont Leys, Leicester LE4 0PT · buswellslodge.leicester.sch.uk · 0116 235 2129
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2022
- Key stage 2, 2018/19
- 54%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 353
- 93% of 380 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 49%
- First language not English
- 43.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Leicester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 27 families put the school first and 27 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 48 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2018/19, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| n/a | 62% | ||
| n/a | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| n/a | 106 | ||
| n/a | 105 | ||
| n/a | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120040)
Ofsted
Buswells Lodge Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 24 May 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 24 May 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120040)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2018
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120040), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Sept 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120040)
Feb 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120040)
Mar 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120040)