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Route 39 Academy is a secondary free school situated in Higher Clovelly in Bideford, Devon, England. It has 131 pupils as of June 2017, and its current principal is Jordan Kelly.

Establishment
Route 39 Academy was founded in 2011 by local parents and was established as a state school in September 2013.

School site
The school is temporarily situated in Clovelly Primary School's former building in Higher Clovelly. It will relocate to new purpose-built premises with a 700 pupil capacity in Steart Farm, Bideford in September 2018. Plans to build the new site in this location were initially rejected by Torridge District Council, however the decision was overruled in February 2016.

Ofsted
Route 39 Academy was first inspected by Ofsted in May 2015, which concluded the school 'Requires Improvement' although some areas were rated 'Good'. A subsequent inspection in June 2017 however graded it as 'Inadequate' in all areas. The school also attracted criticism for deciding not to enter any of its Year 11 pupils for GCSE examinations in 2017, deeming the cohort "neither academically ready nor sufficiently mature or resilient" to take them.