Buswells Lodge Primary School
Beauville Drive, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 0PT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ATTENBOROUGH LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Adrian Durrant
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Attenborough Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Leicester West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 380
- Pupils on roll
- 353
- URN
- 150730
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Telephone
- 01162352129
About this school
Buswells Lodge Primary School is a primary academy in Leicester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 353 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Buswells Lodge Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Buswells Lodge Primary School (URN 120040).
How Buswells Lodge Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7% | 44.5% | 353 | — |
| 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 |
| Beaumont Lodge Primary School | 79% | 4% | 27% | 221 | 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.54%
- English as an additional language
- 47.5%
- Overall absence
- 7.04%
- Persistent absence
- 20.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
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
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Beaumont Lodge 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 teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Leicester.
- Who is the headteacher of Buswells Lodge Primary School?
- The headteacher of Buswells Lodge Primary School is Mr Adrian Durrant, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Buswells Lodge Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Buswells Lodge Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Buswells Lodge Primary School?
- Buswells Lodge Primary School has 353 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Buswells Lodge Primary School full?
- Buswells Lodge Primary School has capacity for 380 pupils and 353 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Buswells Lodge Primary School a faith school?
- No. Buswells Lodge Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Buswells Lodge Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Buswells Lodge Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Buswells Lodge Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Buswells Lodge Primary School is part of ATTENBOROUGH LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Buswells Lodge Primary School's absence rate?
- Buswells Lodge Primary School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census.
- Does Buswells Lodge Primary School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Buswells Lodge Primary School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 3 July 2026.