St Luke's Church of England School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 14 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Devon
Unique reference
147401
Address
Harts Lane, EX1 3RD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
853 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
13.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
30%
Persistent absence
29.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.2%
Other White 7.2%
Other 5.2%
African 4.6%
Mixed 4.5%
Indian 1.4%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 61%
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 45.1
Local authority average 45.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.18
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award11
Health StudiesTechnical Award15
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award22
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE32
Art & DesignGCSE15
BiologyGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE21
ChineseGCSE2
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Luke's Church of England School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
190
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
151
2nd preference
162
3rd preference
60
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
149
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
2
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 classes29.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
187
93
94
Year 8
191
97
94
Year 9
188
105
83
Year 10
124
59
65
Year 11
163
69
94
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
74.0%
55.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
1.0%
23.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
6.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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