Booth Wood Academy
Primary · Loughborough · LE11 4PG
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 16 June 2026 · report published 1 September 2026
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
210 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 19% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 14.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 151155
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 16 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place29 places offered · 29 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Leicestershire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 55% (Leicestershire 73%, England 60%) · Any other White background 10% (Leicestershire 4%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 6% (Leicestershire 7%, England 4%) · Black African 5% (Leicestershire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Leicestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Leicestershire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Leicestershire 0%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Leicestershire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leicestershire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Leicestershire 1%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Leicestershire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Leicestershire: 2.10 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
22.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,749; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Inspection history since 2015
- 16 June 2026: Strong standard
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 12.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 7% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 4.1% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 32.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 55.6% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 31.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 42.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 26.1% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 13.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 14.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 29.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025690 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £249,000194 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £190,000–£318,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 5an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 11an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 7an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted