Buswells Lodge Primary School
Beauville Drive, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 0PT
This school is closed (it closed in November 2024).
It was replaced by Buswells Lodge Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Scott Fewster
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Leicester West
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 380
- Pupils on roll
- 415
- URN
- 120040
- Local authority
- Leicester
About this school
Buswells Lodge Primary School was a community primary school in Leicester. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 415 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Buswells Lodge Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 57 | 52 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 58% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 69% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 75% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 77% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Buswells Lodge Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leicester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 57.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 56.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 409 |
| 2023/24 | 415 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Buswells Lodge Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 17% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 8.2% | 42.2% | 415 | — |
| Buswells Lodge Primary School | — | 7% | 44.5% | 353 | 0.0 miles |
| Barley Croft Primary School | 49% | 5.3% | 43.4% | 324 | 0.4 miles |
| Heatherbrook Primary Academy | 56% | 6.8% | 36.4% | 150 | 0.8 miles |
| Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School | 55% | 4.7% | 15.2% | 881 | 0.9 miles |
| Stokes Wood Primary School | 64% | 5.9% | 36.5% | 429 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.2%
- English as an additional language
- 45.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.2%
- Persistent absence
- 23.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Buswells Lodge Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Barley Croft Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Heatherbrook Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Stokes Wood Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
- Abbey Mead Primary Academy Primary
- Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Sapcote Primary
- Arnesby Church of England Primary School Primary
- Avenue Primary School Primary
- Badgerbrook Primary School Primary
- Barley Croft Primary School Primary
- Barwell Church of England Academy Primary
- Barwell Infant School Primary
- Beaumont Lodge Primary School Primary
- Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary
- Billesdon Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Buswells Lodge Primary School teach?
- Buswells Lodge Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Leicester.
- Has Buswells Lodge Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Buswells Lodge Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Buswells Lodge Primary School?
- Buswells Lodge Primary School had 415 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Buswells Lodge Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 51% in 2022/23 and 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Buswells Lodge Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Buswells Lodge Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 November 2024.