Booth Wood Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Loughborough, Leicestershire·LE11 4PG
Composite score
68.2
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#2,030
National rank
#131
In East Midlands
#21
In Leicestershire
Top 14%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
87%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
111.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
29 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
91
any preference, for 29 places

Every child who put Booth Wood Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
210
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,414
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Booth Wood Academy at a glance

Located in Loughborough, Leicestershire, Booth Wood Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 210 pupils aged 4 to 11. 87% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 10.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 14% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 111 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Booth Wood Academy their first choice was offered one of its 29 Reception places. There are about 24.4 pupils per teacher. Booth Wood Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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