Stone Soup Academy
Stone Soup Academy is a free schools alternative provision in Nottingham for boys and girls aged 11 to 19. It has 10 pupils and room for 110. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.
14 High Pavement, Nottingham, NG1 1HN0115 822 1834stonesoupacademy.org.ukPrincipal Christopher Manze headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
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 Nottingham 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 (8), Autistic spectrum disorder (2).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 40% | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | – |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | – |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 6 pupils who left in 2020/21 were a year later.
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham College | Further education | 240 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Sutherland House School | Non-maintained special | 660 m | 82 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| The Nottingham Trent University | Higher education institutions | 770 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Welbeck Primary School | Council | 790 m | 352 | Good 2022 | 96 | Compare |
| William Booth Primary and Nursery School | Academy | 820 m | 220 | Report card 2026 | 47 | Compare |
| St Joseph's School | Independent | 980 m | 67 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 248 | Outstanding 2024 | 93 | Compare |
| Greenfields Community School | Council | 0.7 miles | 235 | Good 2020 | 35 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Stone Soup Academy a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Stone Soup Academy yet.
How many pupils does Stone Soup Academy have?
10 pupils aged 11 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 110 places, so it is 9% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 14 High Pavement, Nottingham, NG1 1HN
- Telephone
- 0115 822 1834
- Website
- www.stonesoupacademy.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Principal Christopher Manze
- Type of school
- Free schools alternative provision (Free schools alternative provision, free schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Single-academy trust
- Stone Soup Learns (1 schools)
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Ward
- Castle
- Constituency
- Nottingham East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 3 September 2012 (new provision)
- URN
- 138264 · LAESTAB 8921100 · UKPRN 10037676
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.
- 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.