Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire

Academy converter·Primary school Loughborough, Leicestershire·LE12 9AE
Composite score
38.7
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#11,347
National rank
#1022
In East Midlands
#156
In Leicestershire
Top 77%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
12 first choices, 12 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
35
any preference, for 12 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
154
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,747
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire

Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire is a primary school in Loughborough, Leicestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 154 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 47% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 20.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire their first choice was offered one of its 12 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 17.6 pupils per teacher. Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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