# Buswells Lodge Primary School

Buswells 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.

Primary school. Code E150730. [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 353
- Council: Leicester
- URN: 150730

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires 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
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).


### End 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

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

- [Babington Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/babington-academy-e143247): 530 m. Secondary. Good (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 36.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Barley Croft Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/barley-croft-primary-school-e120050): 700 m. Primary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Beaumont Leys School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beaumont-leys-school-e120281): 760 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 50.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/english-martyrs-catholic-school-a-voluntary-academy-e146196): 1.2 km. Secondary. School remains Good, May 2023. Attainment 8 of 55.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Heatherbrook Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heatherbrook-primary-academy-e143607): 1.3 km. Primary. Good (overall), March 2024. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/alderman-richard-hallam-primary-school-e120107): 1.4 km. Primary. Report card, September 2026: safeguarding met. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/150730)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/150730)

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