Primary school

Buswells Lodge Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Leicester
  • LE4 0PT
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected May 2022

Homes near this school

Finding homes near…

The area around it

Results · 2024/25

Ranked 11,836 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 79%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 67%67%2016/17: top 69%2017/18: top 87%2018/19: top 81%2022/23: top 74%2023/24: top 62%62% · 2023/242024/25: top 79%No exams

Against East MidlandsArrows: East Midlands rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM52% · East Midlands 63%3/10 Below
Higher standard, RWM0% · East Midlands 6%1/10 Well below East Midlands
Reading score104 · East Midlands 1053/10 Below+23.6 pts
Maths score103 · East Midlands 1043/10 Below+5.9 pts
Show KS2 results by year

No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 47% · 60 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 55% · 56 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 48% · 60 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 54% · 57 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 51% · 57 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 58% · 52 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 52% · 60 pupils · East Midlands 63%58%47%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 3% · 60 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 9% · 56 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 2% · 60 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 0% · 57 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 4% · 57 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 2% · 52 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 0% · 60 pupils · East Midlands 6%9%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 60 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 102 · 56 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 101 · 60 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 100 · 57 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 102 · 57 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 102 · 52 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 104 · 60 pupils · East Midlands 105104100No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 60 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 103 · 56 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 102 · 60 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 103 · 57 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 102 · 57 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 103 · 52 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 103 · 60 pupils · East Midlands 104103102No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
27 of 27 who put it first2014 · 90.9%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2727
2nd20
3rd10

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2015Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2022Requires improvementas predecessor
  7. 2023Ungraded visitas predecessor

1 strong areas

  • Personal development

4 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026353
Free school meals (past 6 years)44.5%
First language not English47.5%
SEN support13.2%
EHC plan2.5%
Absence (sessions missed)7.0%
Persistently absent pupils20.4%

Girls 46.7%Boys 53.3%

92.9% full · 380 places

Parent View

Not published for this school

Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher21.3
Pupils per adult9.9
  • Classroom teachers 12.6
  • Leadership 4
  • Teaching assistants 18.1
  • Other support 8.4

Teachers 16.6 FTE · Whole workforce 43.1 · 60 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 9 months.

  • +£103,000revenue reserve
  • +£194,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: ATTENBOROUGH LEARNING TRUST (9 academies) · trust reserve £1,575,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it