Newcroft Primary Academy, Loughborough

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include dance, guitar and forest school.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care, from £5.00 per session.

In 2025, 93% of Year 6 pupils at Newcroft Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 95% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 77% in Leicestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 85% in reading and 87% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 79 families put Newcroft Primary Academy as their first choice and 133 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 20 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Newcroft Primary Academy are St Botolph's Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 72% reading, 77% maths); Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire (0.5 miles, Good, 73% reading, 67% maths); Oxley Primary School Shepshed (0.7 miles, Good, 87% reading, 90% maths); and Stonebow Primary School Loughborough (1.8 miles, Good, 64% reading, 72% maths).

Newcroft Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Newcroft Primary Academy is one of 20 schools run by Symphony Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

93 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Newcroft Primary Academy (as of September 2025): 96% would recommend the school, 98% say their child is happy there and 75% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (99%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (75%).

12.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (85%) and Asian (6%).

In 2026, 41 pupils (9.3%) received SEN support and 9 (2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Newcroft Primary Academy.

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Porlock Close (adjacent), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Newcroft Primary Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 107 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leicestershire (58), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Newcroft Primary Academy issued 12 suspensions, 3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.