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Buswells Lodge Primary School

PrimaryAges 3–11Academy

Leicester, LE4 0PT · Leicester local authority

Leicester’s School Grade B− better than 51% of towns in England

Getting in
27/27
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
353 pupils
93% of its 380 places
Free school meals
49%
49 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Buswells Lodge Primary School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 49% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Requires improvement, May 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (27 of 27)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (LE4 0) sold for a median £260,000; Leicester’s is £249,950
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Buswells Lodge Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

27
families put it first for September 2026
27
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Attenborough Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Leicester council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Leicester, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.24 per place
75% got their first choice
1.22 per place
82% got their first choice
1.22 per place
82% got their first choice
1.15 per place
86% got their first choice
1.14 per place
81% got their first choice
1.13 per place
85% got their first choice
1.12 per place
85% got their first choice
1.09 per place
92% got their first choice
1.08 per place
92% got their first choice
Buswells Lodge Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

394 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
13.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.5%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
47.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
44.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 47%Boys 53%
Its letter

No letter for Buswells Lodge Primary School

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Requires improvement, May 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Buswells Lodge Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in LE4 0, the school’s postcode sector

Leicester property prices →
£260,000
median sale, 324 sales in 36 months · Leicester £249,950

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025LE4 0Leicester
LE4 0Leicester

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£310K
Semi-detached
£280K
Terraced
£230K
Flat
£120K
LE4 0Leicester

Homes in LE4 0 sell for a little over Leicester’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

23 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+C+B+CC−A−A+C+BB−CC−DDC+C+AC−B−DDBBuswells Lodge Primary Scho…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Leicester, LE4 0PT

Buswells Lodge Primary School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Buswells Lodge Primary School?

For September 2026, 27 families put Buswells Lodge Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 27 places were offered in all.

What is Buswells Lodge Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Requires improvement (May 2022).

How much do houses cost near Buswells Lodge Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, LE4 0, sold for a median £260,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (324 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Leicester’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.