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Restormel Academy

Alternative provisionAges 5–16Academy

St Austell, PL25 4TJ · Cornwall local authority

St Austell’s School Grade B− better than 54% of towns in England

How full
35 pupils
83% of its 42 places
Free school meals
60%
60 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Restormel Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 60% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, January 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (PL25 4) sold for a median £236,000; St Austell’s is £240,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

31 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
96.8%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
58.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 45%Boys 55%
Its letter

No letter for Restormel Academy

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting January 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, September 2021.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Restormel Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in PL25 4, the school’s postcode sector

St Austell property prices →
£236,000
median sale, 341 sales in 36 months · St Austell £240,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025PL25 4St Austell
PL25 4St Austell

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£301K
Semi-detached
£240K
Terraced
£192K
Flat
£103K
PL25 4St Austell

Homes in PL25 4 sell for about the same as St Austell’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

9 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+BC−BB−BCCC+Restormel Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

St Austell, PL25 4TJ

Restormel Academy: common questions

What is Restormel Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (January 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Restormel Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, PL25 4, sold for a median £236,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (341 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; St Austell’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.