Buswells Lodge Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Leicester
Beauville Drive, Leicester, LE4 0PT
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Graded 24/05/2022
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.0%
20.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
353
Capacity used
Nearly full93%
380 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
34 of 34 families who put it first got an offer
34
Places offered
50
Total applications
1.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 34 | 34 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 9 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 7 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 50 | 34 | 68% |
Leicester lets families list 4 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Adrian Durrant
- Address
- Beauville Drive, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 0PT
- Phone
- 01162352129
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Ward / constituency
- Beaumont Leys · Leicester West
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150730
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 49% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ATTENBOROUGH LEARNING TRUST
353 pupils · 380 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
24 May 2022
Full graded inspection
Requires improvement overall effectivenessEarly years Requires improvement Personal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 334 pupils
Attendance
93.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
7.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
20.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.