Buswells Lodge Primary School
Primary schoolBuswells Lodge Primary School is a primary school in Leicester, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 353 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), May 2022, before the school changed
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 May 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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 EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Leicester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 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- Babington AcademySecondary. Good (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 36.1 (2025/26, provisional)530 m
- Barley Croft Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- Beaumont Leys SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 50.3 (2025/26, provisional)760 m
- English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary AcademySecondary. School remains Good, May 2023. Attainment 8 of 55.4 (2025/26, provisional)1.2 km
- Heatherbrook Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Alderman Richard Hallam Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, September 2026: safeguarding met. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Leicester
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).