# Bushbury Lane Academy

Bushbury 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.

Primary school. Code E142823. [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 228
- Council: Wolverhampton
- URN: 142823

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Whitgreave Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitgreave-primary-school-e104297): 890 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), January 2023. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Low Hill Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/low-hill-nursery-school-e104278): 1 km. Nursery. School remains Outstanding, July 2023
- [Dunstall Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dunstall-hill-primary-school-e142679): 1.3 km. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-and-st-chad-catholic-academy-e141802): 1.4 km. Secondary. School remains Good, May 2023. Attainment 8 of 41.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Rakegate Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rakegate-primary-school-e104304): 1.5 km. Primary. School remains Good, June 2023. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Fallings Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fallings-park-primary-school-e152045): 1.6 km. Primary. Good (overall), April 2022, before the school changed

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/142823)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142823)

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