Newcroft Primary Academy
Trueway Drive, Shepshed, Loughborough, LE12 9DU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SYMPHONY LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sara Aukland
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Symphony Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 442
- URN
- 143250
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01509503214
About this school
Newcroft Primary Academy is a primary academy in Loughborough. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 442 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 55 | 54 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 82% | 76% | 88% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 24% | 2% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 85% | 93% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 87% | 95% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 91% | 95% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 106.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Newcroft Primary Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 82% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 88% | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 391 |
| 2023/24 | 384 |
| 2024/25 | 396 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Newcroft Primary Academy compares
Newcroft Primary Academy ranked 10th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 96% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 98% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 88% | 3% | 13.6% | 442 | — |
| St Botolph's Church of England Primary School | 63% | 6% | 20.2% | 380 | 0.5 miles |
| Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire | 47% | 4.3% | 24.7% | 169 | 0.5 miles |
| Oxley Primary School Shepshed | 77% | 4% | 21.8% | 256 | 0.7 miles |
| Stonebow Primary School Loughborough | 56% | 7.6% | 16.1% | 199 | 1.8 miles |
| Booth Wood Academy | — | 4.4% | 15.7% | 210 | 1.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.64%
- English as an additional language
- 4.8%
- Overall absence
- 2.98%
- Persistent absence
- 3.48%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Botolph's Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Loughborough
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Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire0.5 miles
Primary · Loughborough
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Oxley Primary School Shepshed0.7 miles
Primary · Loughborough
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Stonebow Primary School Loughborough1.8 miles
Primary · Loughborough
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Booth Wood Academy1.8 miles
Primary · Loughborough
Other schools in Loughborough
Newcroft Primary Academy ranks 2nd of the 34 ranked primary schools in Loughborough.
- Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Belton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Booth Wood Academy Primary
- Brookside Primary School Primary
- Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School Primary
- Christ Church & Saint Peter's Cofe Primary School Primary
- Cobden Primary School & Community Centre Primary
- Costock CofE Primary School Primary
- Hathern Church of England Primary School Primary
- Highgate Primary School Primary
- Holywell Primary School Primary
- Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Newcroft Primary Academy teach?
- Newcroft Primary Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Loughborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Newcroft Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Newcroft Primary Academy is Mrs Sara Aukland, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Newcroft Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Newcroft Primary Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Newcroft Primary Academy?
- Newcroft Primary Academy has 442 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Newcroft Primary Academy full?
- Newcroft Primary Academy has capacity for 420 pupils and 442 on roll (105%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Newcroft Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Newcroft Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Newcroft Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Newcroft Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Newcroft Primary Academy?
- Newcroft Primary Academy is part of SYMPHONY LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Newcroft Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 82% in 2022/23 and 88% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Newcroft Primary Academy rank locally?
- Newcroft Primary Academy ranked 10th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 96% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 98% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Newcroft Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Newcroft Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Newcroft Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Newcroft Primary Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 2 July 2026.