St Luke's Church of England School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 15 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
843 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
50.1%
Girls
49.9%
First language not English
11.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.9%
Persistent absence
42.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.3%
Other White 7.4%
Mixed 5%
Other 4.9%
African 1.4%
Indian 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 61%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.7
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.28
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award20
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award5
Speech & DramaTechnical Award15
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE18
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE40
BiologyGCSE15
ChemistryGCSE15
ChineseGCSE2
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Luke's Church of England School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
193
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
108
2nd preference
144
3rd preference
65
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
107
2nd preference
40
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
193
99
94
Year 8
177
96
81
Year 9
128
66
62
Year 10
165
73
92
Year 11
180
88
92
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
80.5%
85.6%
Further education
74.0%
55.9%
35.4%
School sixth form
2.0%
22.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
6.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
6.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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