It was a middle school, using the three-tier education system (invented in Leicestershire in the early 1960s as part of the Leicestershire Plan, later adopted by some parts of the UK, notably Northumberland and Bedfordshire).
Many middle schools in Leicestershire returned to the more traditional age ranges in 2009.
It was situated on the B582 in Wigston, next to two other schools - a middle school (Abington Academy) with the same age ranges as Bushloe, and a college (Guthlaxton College), both of which, in September 2015, merged with Bushloe to become Wigston College - opposite Oadby and Wigston council offices at Bushloe House, after which the school was named.
The former building was completely demolished, except the older sports hall, which was used by Abington Academy, which neighboured Bushloe.
A merger with neighbouring school Abington Academy was proposed towards the end of 2013.