Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Leicestershire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 21 April 2026Report card · 4 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
- 23 November 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry59 applications · 27 places offered · 26 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Leicestershire median median 2.7
- 2025 2.9; Leicestershire median median 2.8
- 2024 1.9; Leicestershire median median 2.4
- 2023 1.5; Leicestershire median median 2.3
- 2022 1.3; Leicestershire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.2; Leicestershire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.3; Leicestershire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.3; Leicestershire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.7
- 2014 1.2; Leicestershire median median 1.7
- This school
- Leicestershire median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 27 | 59 | 2.2 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 24 | 70 | 2.9 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 35 | 65 | 1.9 | 34 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 38 | 57 | 1.5 | 34 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2022 | 37 | 47 | 1.3 | 35 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 25 | 36 | 1.4 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 39 | 46 | 1.2 | 36 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 | 37 | 51 | 1.4 | 29 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2018 | 34 | 47 | 1.4 | 33 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 39 | 50 | 1.3 | 38 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 47 | 61 | 1.3 | 41 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2015 | 34 | 48 | 1.4 | 26 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2014 | 45 | 56 | 1.2 | 40 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 84% · Writing 81% · Maths 84% → all three 81% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Leicestershire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 81% | 6% | 108 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 7% | 102 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 59% | 0% | 102 | 103 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Lift BeaconThis schoolThis school20262.2applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · LeicestershireStandards maintained20252.7applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Leicestershire20263.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Leicestershire20263.3applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · LeicestershireGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · LeicestershireRemains Good20235.3applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · LeicestershireRemains Good20223.0applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · LeicestershireRemains Good20232.2applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · LeicestershireRemains Good20233.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 139005 · 855/2008
- Trust
- Lift Schools
- Capacity
- 380 pupils · 379 on roll
- Free school meals
- 43.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2012
- Replaced
- Shelthorpe Community School (URN 120075)
- Address
- Woodthorpe Road, Loughborough, LE11 2NF
- Local authority
- Leicestershire · Charnwood
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources