Buswells Lodge Primary School

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Buswells Lodge Primary School

Ages3 – 11

394 pupils

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Details

Type

Academy Sponsor Led

Local Authority

Leicester

Academy Trust

ATTENBOROUGH LEARNING TRUST

Head Teacher

Mr Adrian Durrant

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious Character

Does not apply

Opened

December 2024

Reference Number

150730

Additional Provisions

Nursery Provision

About This Data

•School information is sourced from Get Information About Schools (GIAS), the official UK government register maintained by the Department for Education.

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Admissions

How many families applied and received places

Reception entry for 2025/26

On Time Applications

	Count
Total applications	50
As 1st preference	34
As 2nd preference	9
As 3rd preference	7
From another local authority	1

Offers on National Offer Day

	Count
Total offers	34
To 1st preference	34
To 2nd preference	0
To 3rd preference	0
To any preference	34
To another local authority	1

About This Data

•Data sourced from the DfE "Primary and secondary school applications and offers" statistics.
•Total applications includes all preferences (1st through 6th), not just those shown in the breakdown above.
•Applications and offers from/to another local authority may also appear in preference rows (e.g., a 1st preference from another local authority counts in both rows).
•"Oversubscribed" means the school received more 1st preference applications than places offered.
•This school is an academy sponsor led, admissions are controlled by the school itself, we advise you contact the school or check their website for further information. This school's local authority is Leicester.

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Pupils

Summary

Total Pupils394 (104% of capacity)

Age Range3 – 11

GenderMixed

Boys / Girls53% / 47%

Free School Meals41.4%

English as Additional Language47.5%

SEN Support13.2%

SEN with EHCP2.5%

Overall Attendance—

Persistent Absence—

Class Sizes

Overall Average24.6

Key Stage 124.8

Key Stage 225.7

Cohort Sizes

Nursery28

Reception48

Year 151

Year 251

Year 351

Year 450

Year 556

Year 659

Pupil Ethnicities

White British37.1%

African23.9%

Indian7.1%

White Other6.9%

Asian Other3.8%

White & Black African3.6%

Mixed Other3.6%

White & Black Caribbean2.8%

Black Other2.0%

White & Asian1.8%

Pakistani1.8%

Caribbean1.3%

Other1.3%

Unclassified1.3%

Bangladeshi1.0%

Irish0.5%

Traveller0.3%

Gypsy/Roma0.3%

About This Data

•Data sourced from the National School Census for 2024/25, collected each January.
•This is not live data. For current availability of places, contact the school or local authority directly.
•Capacity refers to the maximum number of pupils a school can accommodate. Schools may operate above or below capacity, and spare places may only be available in certain year groups.
•Persistent absence means a pupil missed 10% or more of their possible sessions during the academic year. Absence rates during 2020–2022 were significantly higher due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Inspections

No inspection records available for this school

Finances

2024/25

Financial data is not available for this school

Contact Information

State · Primary · Ages 3–11

KS2 Expected71%

Absence3.9%

Pupils220

P/T Ratio24.2

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