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West Exe School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Hatherleigh Road, Exeter EX2 9JU · westexe.devon.sch.uk · 01392 660100
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 47
- average Attainment 8 score. Devon 45.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Devon Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,237
- 95% of 1,300 places
- Local authority
- Devon
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 21.9%
- First language not English
- 16.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Devon Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 230 families put the school first and 239 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 239 | 230 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 248 | 248 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 245 | 233 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 246 | 222 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 253 | 257 | 1▲ | 94% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47, and 50.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Devon it was 45.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●47 | 46 | ||
| ▲50.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲74.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲46.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.29 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 113505)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.7 | +0.1 |
| Further education | 81.9 | +4.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 6 | +0.5 |
| Employment | 2.6 | −3.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.2 | −1.9 |
| Activity not captured | 2.6 | +1.5 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected West Exe School on 16 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 16 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113505), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2014Good
Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113505)
What parents said
18% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 18%
- Replies
- 11
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 100% who raised concerns
based on the 91% who had a child bullied