Newcroft Primary Academy
Primary schoolNewcroft Primary Academy is a primary school in Charnwood, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 442 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 13 May 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 88% of pupils at Newcroft Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Leicestershire and 62% in England.
12% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 88% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 12% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Botolph's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)860 m
- Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, LeicestershirePrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)870 m
- Bowman AcademySpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file880 m
- Iveshead SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 44.2 (2025/26, provisional)880 m
- Oakfield SchoolPupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Good, January 2023900 m
- Oxley Primary School ShepshedPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Charnwood
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).