The Shoreline Academy
The Shoreline Academy is an academy alternative provision sponsor led in Barnstaple for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 42 pupils and room for 50. About 64 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.
Springfield Court, Fishleigh Road, Roundswell, Barnstaple, EX31 3UD01271 386333wavemat.org/shoreline-academyMr Russell Clarke headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 20 May 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 (41), language and communications needs (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 42 | 43 | 36 | 39 | 20 | 28 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 64% | 61% | 64% | 41% | 25% | 29% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 2% | 0% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 88% | 89% | 85% | 75% | 71% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 12% | 11% | 15% | 25% | 29% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 14 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 46%, compared with – for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| Education | 43% | 20% | 25% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Work | 7% | 10% | 0% |
| Not in education, work or training | 43% | 30% | 33% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roundswell Community Primary Academy | Free school | 440 m | 345 | Good 2023 | 90 | Compare |
| Sticklepath Community Primary Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 448 | Good 2022 | 36 | Compare |
| Holywell Church of England School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 86 | Good 2022 | 38 | Compare |
| Fremington Primary School | Academy | 1.6 miles | 309 | No overall grade 2025 | 4 | Compare |
| The Park Community School | Academy | 1.9 miles | 1,408 | No overall grade 2025 | 45 | Compare |
| Pilton Community College | Academy | 2.0 miles | 1,165 | Good 2023 | 38 | Compare |
| Pathfield School | Foundation special school | 2.0 miles | 183 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Pilton Bluecoat Church of England Academy | Academy | 2.0 miles | 261 | Good 2023 | 44 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Shoreline Academy a good school?
The Shoreline Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in May 2025.
What is The Shoreline Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Shoreline Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 20 May 2025.
How many pupils does The Shoreline Academy have?
42 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 50 places, so it is 84% full.
Does The Shoreline 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
- Springfield Court, Fishleigh Road, Roundswell, Barnstaple, EX31 3UD
- Telephone
- 01271 386333
- Website
- wavemat.org/shoreline-academy
- Headteacher
- Mr Russell Clarke
- 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 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Wave Multi Academy Trust (11 schools)
- Local authority
- Devon
- Ward
- Bickington
- Constituency
- North Devon
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 November 2018 (fresh start)
- URN
- 146732 · LAESTAB 8781114 · UKPRN 10081776
- Formerly
- SchoolsCompany North 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.