Admissions - Applying for a place

Admissions Consultation

Symphony Learning Trust are consulting on a single MAT Admissions Policy for 2025/26 that will cover all schools within the Trust, including Newcroft Primary Academy. Click to access the Letter to Stakeholders and Draft Consultation Policy. 

The consultation will commence on Monday 4th December 2023 and end on Friday 26th January 2024.

For more information, please see out Trust Website.

Our Outstanding School 

Newcroft is an extremely popular primary school. We have places for 420 pupils from Reception to Year 6. We have a capped intake of 60 pupils (2 classes of 30) in each year group. We can take children into classes at any point in the year, if we have spaces.  We also take children out of catchment to support parents in finding the right school for them.

See what makes our school ofsted rated outstanding. 

Find out more in our prospectus

Take a look at our video tour of school. 

As the only Ofsted rated Outstanding school in Shepshed, come and find out what makes our school an exceptional place to learn by booking a tour. Please contact the office to make an appointment. 

Do you have a child starting school in September 2024? 

Applications open for parents looking for a place for their child in Reception, starting in August 2024, in November 2023 and close on 15th January, 2024. 

We have a number of open days coming up in September and December 2023 for parents to view the school. The following open days are a great opportunity to meet with the Head teacher, groups of pupils and spend more time in school. 

The following dates are now available for booking:

Wednesday 13th September, 2023 at 9:30am 

Tuesday 26th September, 2023 at 9:30am 

Tuesday 5th December at 9:30am

Please contact the school office to book your place. 

If you are interested in finding out more about the school before then, please contact the office to make an appointment for a personal school tour with our Head teacher, Mrs Aukland. 

Applications are welcome from families who live in and out of our catchment area. The vast majority of our pupils do not live in our catchment area. 

Applying for a place mid year for all year groups

If you are interested in a place for your child and wish to move them from another school during the academic year (this is called a mid term or mid year transfer), please call our office to find out if we have any places in the year group, before making an application to the Leicestershire Local Authority. We have 2 classes in each year group (60 places for each year group).

Do contact our school office to find out if we have space in your child's year group and to book a place to have a personal tour of the school with our Head teacher. 

Applications are welcome from families who live in and out of our catchment area. The vast majority of our pupils do not live in our catchment area. 

Making an application 

All applications to our school should be made need to be made through the Leicestershire Local Authority website who manage our admissions for us as part of their co-opted scheme. 

The local authority use our Admissions Policy to guide them in offering places at our school.

Appeals

Should you not be successful in securing a place for your child at Newcroft, you can access information in our current Admissions Policy.