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The Shoreline Academy

Alternative provisionAges 5–16Academy

Barnstaple, EX31 3UD · Devon local authority

Barnstaple’s School Grade C+ better than 39% of towns in England

How full
42 pupils
84% of its 50 places
Free school meals
64%
64 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Shoreline Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 64% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, May 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (EX31 3) sold for a median £315,000; Barnstaple’s is £252,625

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

43 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
88.4%England 15.3%
EHC plan
11.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
60.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 35%Boys 65%
Its letter

No letter for The Shoreline 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.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), May 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Shoreline Academy

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

Home prices in EX31 3, the school’s postcode sector

Barnstaple property prices →
£315,000
median sale, 569 sales in 36 months · Barnstaple £252,625

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025EX31 3Barnstaple
EX31 3Barnstaple

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£364K
Semi-detached
£278K
Terraced
£248K
Flat
£144K
EX31 3Barnstaple

Homes in EX31 3 sell for well over Barnstaple’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

3 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+C+The Shoreline Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Barnstaple, EX31 3UD

The Shoreline Academy: common questions

What is The Shoreline Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (May 2025).

How much do houses cost near The Shoreline Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, EX31 3, sold for a median £315,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (569 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; Barnstaple’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.