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Symphony Learning Trust Schools Admission Policy for 2026-27 is currently open f...
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Find out more about our fantastic pupil survey 2023-24 here. ...
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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.
We have a number of open days coming up in the the Autumn term 2024 for parents to view the school. The following open days are a great opportunity to meet with the Head teacher, see what Reception is like, meet the Reception staff, groups of pupils and spend more time in school.
The following dates are now available for booking:
Thursday 14th November 2024 at 9:30am
Tuesday 3rd December 2024 at 9:30am
Please contact the school office to book your place or if you prefer to book online, please do so here.
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.
Please see our Trust 2025-26 admissions policy for more information about how places are allocated.
Parents should make an application for our school via the Leicestershire Local Authority website. The authority manage our admissions as part of their co-opted scheme. Applications for Reception pupils open on 1st September 2024 and close on 15th January 2025. Parents are notified of their child's allocated school place on 16th April 2025.
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.
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.
Should you not be successful in securing a place for your child at Newcroft, you can access information in our current Admissions Policy.
Symphony Learning Trust Schools are consulting on their joint School Admissions Policy and arrangements to take effect from Autumn 2026.You are invited to make comment on the proposed policy and any changes as detailed in the letter attached. Please note there are no significant changes applying to Newcroft Primary Academy. The consultation is open from Tuesday 5th November 2024 and closes on Tuesday 17th December 2024.
To find out what is changing and how to share your views here. Find the proposed policy.
Diane Lane, Business Director
Newcroft Primary Academy
Trueway Drive
Shepshed
Leicestershire
LE12 9DU
01509 503214
office@newcroft.leics.sch.uk
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