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Contact Details

Address:
 Woodthorpe Road
 Loughborough
 Leicestershire LE11 2NF
Telephone: 01509 212227

School Type

Phase: Primary (ages 2-11)
Type: Sponsor-Led Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2012
History: This school arose from Shelthorpe Community School
Trust: Lift Schools
Sponsor: Lift Schools

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mr Ben Kilgannon (since January 2024)
Previous Headteacher: Manpreet Sohal
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 15.67 / 22.67
Non-teaching Staff*: 33.25
Number of pupils: 308
Pupils Per Teacher: 19.7
Sex: Mixed (56% boys / 44% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 47.40% (high)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 16.5%
Local child deprivation rate: 17.6% (2km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 40.4%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 44.9%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 2.8km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Authority: Leicestershire
Constituency: Loughborough
Electoral Ward: Loughborough Outwoods & Shelthorpe
School Number: 8552008

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 23rd November 2021 (view record)
Ofsted Rating: Good

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Loughborough Grammar School (0.6km) show on map
  2. Loughborough High School (0.6km) show on map
  3. Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.8km) show on map
  4. Outwoods Edge Primary School (1.1km) show on map
  5. Fairfield Prep School (1.2km) show on map
  6. Cobden Primary School & Community Centre (1.3km) show on map
  7. ASPIRE: Lifeskills (1.4km) show on map
  8. Loughborough Church of England Primary School (1.4km) show on map
  9. Hardwick House School (1.4km) show on map
  10. Loughborough College (1.5km) show on map
  11. Woodbrook Vale School (1.5km) show on map
  12. Sense College Loughborough (1.6km) show on map
  13. Mountfields Lodge School (1.7km) show on map
  14. Compass Community School Mountfields Park (1.7km) show on map
  15. Limehurst Academy (1.7km) show on map
  16. Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School, Loughborough (1.7km) show on map
  17. Rendell Primary School (2.0km) show on map
  18. St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (2.4km) show on map
  19. Holywell Primary School (2.6km) show on map
  20. Rawlins (2.6km) show on map
  21. Thorpe Acre Junior School (2.8km) show on map
  22. Thorpe Acre Infant School (2.8km) show on map
  23. Ashmount School (2.8km) show on map
  24. De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire (2.8km) show on map
  25. Charnwood College (2.8km) show on map
  26. Booth Wood Academy (2.8km) show on map
  27. Quorn Hall School (3.1km) show on map
  28. Robert Bakewell Primary School (3.2km) show on map
  29. Humphrey Perkins School (3.4km) show on map
  30. Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary... (3.8km) show on map
  31. Nanpantan Hall Nurture Centre (3.9km) show on map
  32. Stonebow Primary School Loughborough (4.1km) show on map
  33. Woodhouse Eaves St Paul's Church of England P... (4.1km) show on map
  34. Homefield College (4.7km) show on map
  35. Maplewell Hall School (4.8km) show on map
  36. Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre (4.9km) show on map
  37. Hathern Church of England Primary School (5.4km) show on map
  38. Swithland St Leonard's Church of England Prim... (5.4km) show on map
  39. Normanton-On-Soar Primary School (5.4km) show on map
  40. Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School (5.5km) show on map
  41. Newcroft Primary Academy (5.6km) show on map
  42. Oakfield School (5.7km) show on map
  43. Iveshead School (5.7km) show on map
  44. Christ Church & Saint Peter's Cofe Primary School (5.7km) show on map
  45. St Botolph's Church of England Primary School (5.8km) show on map
  46. Bowman Academy (5.9km) show on map
  47. Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy,... (6.2km) show on map
  48. Oxley Primary School Shepshed (6.7km) show on map
  49. Sutton Bonington Primary School (6.8km) show on map
  50. Sileby Redlands Community Primary School (6.9km) show on map
  51. Millside Spencer Academy (7.2km) show on map
  52. Long Whatton Church of England Primary School... (7.3km) show on map
  53. Highgate Primary School (7.3km) show on map
  54. Rothley Church of England Primary School (7.6km) show on map
  55. Seagrave Village Primary School (7.7km) show on map
  56. Brookside Primary School (8.0km) show on map
  57. Cossington Church of England Primary School (8.0km) show on map
  58. Richard Hill Church of England Primary School (8.0km) show on map
  59. Wymeswold Church of England Primary School (8.1km) show on map
  60. Newtown Linford Primary School (8.6km) show on map
  61. Costock CofE Primary School (8.7km) show on map
  62. Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School (8.7km) show on map
  63. East Leake Academy (8.7km) show on map
  64. Forest Way School (8.9km) show on map
  65. Woolden Hill Primary School (9.0km) show on map
  66. Ratcliffe College (9.1km) show on map
  67. The Martin High School Anstey (9.1km) show on map
  68. The Castle Rock School (9.2km) show on map
  69. Warren Hills Community Primary School (9.3km) show on map
  70. Glebelands Primary School (9.4km) show on map
  71. Belton Church of England Primary School (9.4km) show on map
  72. Hallam Fields, Birstall (9.5km) show on map
  73. Wolfdale School (9.7km) show on map
  74. Mercenfeld Primary School (9.8km) show on map
  75. Beaumont Lodge Primary School (9.9km) show on map
  76. The Latimer Primary School (9.9km) show on map
  77. Heatherbrook Primary Academy (9.9km) show on map
  78. Kegworth Primary School (10.0km) show on map
  79. ALP Leicester (10.0km) show on map
  80. The Cedars Academy (10.0km) show on map
  81. Highcliffe Primary School and Community Centre (10.1km) show on map
  82. Whitwick St John The Baptist Church of Englan... (10.6km) show on map
  83. Holy Cross School A Catholic Voluntary Academy (10.6km) show on map
  84. Diseworth Church of England Primary School (10.7km) show on map
  85. St Peter and St Paul Church of England Academy (10.8km) show on map
  86. Riverside Community Primary School Birstall (10.8km) show on map
  87. Stanton Under Bardon Community Primary School (10.8km) show on map
  88. Mowmacre Hill Primary School (10.8km) show on map
  89. Broom Leys School (10.9km) show on map
  90. Wreake Valley Academy (10.9km) show on map
  91. The Roundhill Academy (11.0km) show on map
  92. South Charnwood High School (11.1km) show on map
  93. Martinshaw Primary School (11.1km) show on map
  94. Babington Academy (11.2km) show on map
  95. Thringstone Primary School (11.2km) show on map
  96. Thrussington Church of England Primary School (11.3km) show on map
  97. Broomfield Community Primary School (11.3km) show on map
  98. Buswells Lodge Primary School (11.3km) show on map
  99. Elizabeth Woodville Primary School (11.3km) show on map
  100. Woodstock Primary Academy (11.3km) show on map
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Associated Schools

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† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

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