Bushbury Lane Academy
Primary schoolBushbury Lane Academy is a primary school in Wolverhampton, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 228 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), February 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 20 February 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 76% of pupils at Bushbury Lane Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Wolverhampton and 62% in England.
10% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Wolverhampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 10% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Whitgreave Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), January 2023. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)890 m
- Low Hill Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Outstanding, July 20231 km
- Dunstall Hill Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Our Lady and St Chad Catholic AcademySecondary. School remains Good, May 2023. Attainment 8 of 41.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.4 km
- Rakegate Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Fallings Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), April 2022, before the school changed1.6 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Wolverhampton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).