Alternative provision academy · Torbay
The Lodestar Academy
- Alternative provision
- Ages 11–16
Term dates
Alternative provision academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Torbay council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 21 November 2023. Overall: Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Alternative provision academy
- Phase
- Alternative provision
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils
- 38 (capacity 56)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 03333602240
- Address
- South Parks Road, Torquay, TQ2 8JE
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.