Academy sponsor led · Leicester

Buswells Lodge Primary School

3–11Ages
353Pupils
PrimaryPhase
150730URN

Beauville Drive, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 0PT

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2022 Previous framework

Requires improvement

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.2per place

0.4 below Leicester median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leicester

32 applications for 27 places · 71st of 72 in Leicester

Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 24 May 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes		Requires improvement
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management		Requires improvement
Early years provision		Requires improvement

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About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.2applications per place, Reception

0.4 below Leicester median (1.6) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

32 applications · 27 places offered · 27 named it first

2026 1.2; Leicester median median 1.6
2025 1.5; Leicester median median 1.7
2024 1.5; Leicester median median 1.7; as the previous school
2023 1.5; Leicester median median 1.6; as the previous school
2022 1.5; Leicester median median 1.6; as the previous school
2021 1.4; Leicester median median 1.7; as the previous school
2020 1.2; Leicester median median 1.7; as the previous school
2019 1.4; Leicester median median 1.5; as the previous school
2018 1.3; Leicester median median 1.6; as the previous school
2017 1.4; Leicester median median 1.6; as the previous school
2016 1.6; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 1.9; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 1.6; Leicester median median 1.7; as the previous school

This school
Leicester median

Dashed bars: as Buswells Lodge Primary School (URN 120040), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	27	32	1.2	27	1.00
Sep 2025	34	50	1.5	34	1.00
Sep 2024 *	35	52	1.5	35	1.00
Sep 2023 *	44	67	1.5	43	0.98
Sep 2022 *	48	70	1.5	46	0.96
Sep 2021 *	49	67	1.4	48	0.98
Sep 2020 *	60	71	1.2	47	0.78
Sep 2019 *	46	66	1.4	47	1.02
Sep 2018 *	49	65	1.3	47	0.96
Sep 2017 *	47	64	1.4	42	0.89
Sep 2016 *	60	96	1.6	47	0.78
Sep 2015 *	50	94	1.9	45	0.90
Sep 2014 *	60	97	1.6	66	1.10

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6

This school
Leicester median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Buswells Lodge Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Requires improvement2022

1.2applications per place
Barley Croft Primary School
0.7 km · Leicester

Standards maintained2024

1.5applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
Heatherbrook Primary Academy
1.3 km · Leicester

Good2024

2.3applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School
1.4 km · Leicester

2026

1.3applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
Stokes Wood Primary School
1.5 km · Leicester

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Beaumont Lodge Primary School
1.6 km · Leicester

Good2023

1.9applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
The Hall School
1.6 km · Leicestershire

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place
Woodstock Primary Academy
1.7 km · Leicester

Requires improvement2023

1.3applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Parks Primary School
1.7 km · Leicester

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.0applications per place 85%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 150730 · 856/2012
Trust: Attenborough Learning Trust
Capacity: 380 pupils · 353 on roll
Free school meals: 49.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 December 2024
Replaced: Buswells Lodge Primary School (URN 120040)
Address: Beauville Drive, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 0PT
Local authority: Leicester

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources