West Exe School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 7 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Devon
Unique reference
145404
Address
Hatherleigh Road, EX2 9JU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1237 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
52.7%
Girls
47.3%
First language not English
15.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.2%
Persistent absence
24.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.9%
Other White 8.2%
Mixed 4.8%
Other 3%
African 1.9%
Indian 0.7%
Chinese 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Other Black 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 46%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.9
Local authority average 45.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.28
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award32
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award15
Speech & DramaTechnical Award36
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE49
Business Studies:SingleGCSE46
ChemistryGCSE49
Classical CivilisationGCSE15
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE14
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

West Exe School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
248
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
248
2nd preference
58
3rd preference
20
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
245
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes27.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
254
134
120
Year 8
253
119
134
Year 9
253
147
106
Year 10
248
126
122
Year 11
229
126
103
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
79.0%
55.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
2.0%
23.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
6.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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