Restormel Academy
Restormel Academy is an academy alternative provision converter in St Austell for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 35 pupils and room for 42. About 60 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in January 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Great Eastern & Great Western, The Sidings, Brunel Business Park, St Austell, PL25 4TJ0172661003waveedu.orgMrs Janine Nelson headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 13 January 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2021 | Ungraded | School remains Good |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Cornwall council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (29), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Other difficulty or disability (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 35 | 31 | 29 | 15 | 18 | 9 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 60% | 48% | 52% | 73% | 56% | 44% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 97% | 97% | 47% | 89% | 89% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 3% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 11% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 9 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 50%, compared with – for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers |
|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 56% | 33% |
| Education | 22% | 25% |
| Apprenticeship | 11% | 0% |
| Work | 22% | 8% |
| Not in education, work or training | 33% | 58% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Charles School | Academy | 490 m | 333 | No overall grade 2025 | 72 | Compare |
| Poltair School | Academy | 680 m | 882 | Good 2024 | 65 | Compare |
| Sandy Hill Academy | Academy | 790 m | 455 | Outstanding 2023 | 90 | Compare |
| Penrice Academy | Academy | 860 m | 1,405 | No overall grade 2025 | 84 | Compare |
| Cornwall College | Further education | 870 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Carclaze Community Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 377 | Report card 2026 | 45 | Compare |
| Pondhu Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 187 | Good 2023 | 31 | Compare |
| Bishop Bronescombe CofE School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 267 | Good 2022 | 27 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Restormel Academy a good school?
Restormel Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from January 2026 rated its teaching as as expected.
What is Restormel Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 13 January 2026 it rated teaching as as expected, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as as expected, leadership as strong.
How many pupils does Restormel Academy have?
35 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 42 places, so it is 83% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Great Eastern & Great Western, The Sidings, Brunel Business Park, St Austell, PL25 4TJ
- Telephone
- 0172661003
- Website
- www.waveedu.org
- Headteacher
- Mrs Janine Nelson
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Wave Multi Academy Trust (11 schools)
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Ward
- St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 June 2013 (academy converter)
- URN
- 139761 · LAESTAB 9081101 · UKPRN 10041826
- Formerly
- Restormel PRU
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.