Stansfield Academy
Stansfield Academy is an academy alternative provision sponsor led in Exeter for boys and girls aged 4 to 16. It has 60 pupils and room for 70. About 78 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
Falcon Road, Exeter, EX2 7LB01392 445446wavemat.orgMr Mark Ruffett headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 3 June 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
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 Devon 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 (47), language and communications needs (7), Specific learning difficulty (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Hearing impairment (1), Moderate learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 60 | 53 | 61 | 58 | 37 | 28 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 78% | 79% | 67% | 48% | 62% | 43% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 5% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 87% | 80% | 85% | 81% | 39% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 13% | 20% | 16% | 19% | 61% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 23 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 39%, compared with – for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 44% | 40% | 50% |
| Education | 26% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 10% | 0% |
| Work | 17% | 10% | 30% |
| Not in education, work or training | 30% | 50% | 40% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School | Academy | 560 m | 347 | Good 2023 | 16 | Compare |
| St Peter's Church of England Aided School | Church of England | 840 m | 1,305 | No overall grade 2025 | 74 | Compare |
| Woodwater Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 329 | Good 2024 | 59 | Compare |
| St Nicholas Catholic Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 269 | No overall grade 2024 | 4 | Compare |
| Clyst St Mary Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 170 | No overall grade 2024 | 40 | Compare |
| Ellen Tinkham School | Foundation special school | 1.0 miles | 240 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Trinity CofE Primary and Nursery School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 464 | Requires improvement 2022 | 17 | Compare |
| St Luke's Church of England School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 870 | Good 2024 | 56 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Stansfield Academy a good school?
Stansfield Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in June 2025.
What is Stansfield Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Stansfield Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 3 June 2025.
How many pupils does Stansfield Academy have?
60 pupils aged 4 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 70 places, so it is 86% full.
Does Stansfield Academy have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Falcon Road, Exeter, EX2 7LB
- Telephone
- 01392 445446
- Website
- www.wavemat.org
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Ruffett
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision sponsor led (Academy alternative provision sponsor led, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 4-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Wave Multi Academy Trust (11 schools)
- Local authority
- Devon
- Ward
- St Loyes
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 November 2018 (fresh start)
- URN
- 146734 · LAESTAB 8781115 · UKPRN 10081777
- Formerly
- SchoolsCompany Central Devon Academy
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.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- 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.