Ofsted: Requires improvement
The Shoreline Academy
verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted
personMr Russell Clarke
corporate_fareWAVE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
location_onBarnstaple, EX31 3UD
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Ofsted
Requires improvement
Inspected 2025
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Students
39
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Age Range
5-16
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The Shoreline Academy is a Academy alternative provision sponsor led school in Barnstaple, serving ages 5-16. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards.
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School Summary
The Shoreline Academy is an academy alternative provision sponsor led in Barnstaple, Devon, admitting pupils aged 5-16. It is part of WAVE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 43 pupils on roll, of whom 60% are eligible for free school meals.
Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Outstanding, and leadership and management Good.
The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 5.2:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.
verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted
Ofsted History
Publication Timeline
Report ArchiveInspection Report
Inspection Report
Inspection Report
Inspection History
4 EvaluationsRequires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF
Not Judged
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Why no overall grade?
From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.
Education
Good
Behaviour
Good
Development
Outstanding
Leadership
Good
Academy First Section 5 EIF
Requires improvement
Education
Requires improvement
Behaviour
Good
Development
Good
Leadership
Requires improvement
Academy First Section 5 EIF
Inadequate
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
No Judgement
Development
No Judgement
Leadership
Inadequate
None EIF
Requires improvement
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
No Judgement
Development
No Judgement
Leadership
Requires improvement