Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, LeicestershireNewcroft Primary Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Loughborough.

Summary of the comparison

Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire and Newcroft Primary Academy are primary schools in Loughborough.

  • Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire scores 73 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Newcroft Primary Academy scores 85 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). Newcroft Primary Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire was judged Good and Newcroft Primary Academy was judged exceptional.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 47.0% for Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire and 88.0% for Newcroft Primary Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire (60.0% in 2022-23, 47.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Newcroft Primary Academy (82.0% in 2022-23, 88.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire versus Newcroft Primary Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LoughboroughSaint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, LeicestershireLoughboroughNewcroft Primary AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB73/100A85/100Stronger figure
Local ranking25th of 225 in Leicestershire 1st of 225 in Leicestershire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll154 396
Capacity210 420
LocationLoughborough, LE12 9AE Loughborough, LE12 9DU
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard47.0% 88.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard7.0% 12.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 110.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score102.0 109.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census154 396
Free school meals (ever 6)24.7% 13.6%
English as an additional language9.1% 4.8%
SEN support15.6% 8.3%
SEN with an EHC plan3.3% 1.5%
Attendance
Overall absence4.3% 3.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence10.3% 3.5% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire

Newcroft Primary Academy

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