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Buswells Lodge Primary School

Primary school in Leicester. Requires improvement (May 2022).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 24 May 2022, report published 13 July 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

This grade was given to Buswells Lodge Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Buswells Lodge Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early yearsRequires improvement
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around November 2024

The last inspection was in May 2022. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

  1. 0.4 milesBarley Croft Primary School

    Primary, Leicester

    Standards maintained (Dec 2024)

  2. 0.8 milesHeatherbrook Primary Academy

    Primary, Leicester

    Good (Mar 2024)

  3. 0.9 milesAlderman Richard Hallam Primary School

    Primary, Leicester

    Report card, Sep 2026: 7 expected

  4. 1.0 milesStokes Wood Primary School

    Primary, Leicester

    School remains Good (Jun 2023)

  5. 1.0 milesBeaumont Lodge Primary School

    Primary, Leicester

    Good (Oct 2023)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.