Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in DevonSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 23 April 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 13 November 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry570 applications · 236 places offered · 335 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.4; Devon median median 1.4
- 2025 2.5; Devon median median 1.4
- 2024 2.4; Devon median median 1.4
- 2023 2.5; Devon median median 1.4
- 2022 2.4; Devon median median 1.3
- 2021 2.1; Devon median median 1.4
- 2020 2.5; Devon median median 1.3
- 2019 2.1; Devon median median 1.4
- 2018 1.9; Devon median median 1.3
- 2017 1.9; Devon median median 1.4
- 2016 1.9; Devon median median 1.5
- 2015 1.9; Devon median median 1.5
- 2014 2.0; Devon median median 1.5
- This school
- Devon median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 236 | 570 | 2.4 | 335 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2025 | 242 | 593 | 2.5 | 303 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2024 | 252 | 606 | 2.4 | 343 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2023 | 241 | 598 | 2.5 | 345 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2022 | 243 | 573 | 2.4 | 322 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2021 | 244 | 509 | 2.1 | 245 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 249 | 614 | 2.5 | 354 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2019 | 261 | 544 | 2.1 | 303 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2018 | 260 | 485 | 1.9 | 305 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2017 | 253 | 483 | 1.9 | 292 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2016 | 252 | 484 | 1.9 | 255 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2015 | 249 | 460 | 1.9 | 263 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2014 | 249 | 503 | 2.0 | 268 | 1.08 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 250 | 50.9 | 57% | 76% | – |
| 2024/25 | 263 | 53.0 | 61% | 81% | – |
| 2023/24 | 260 | 53.3 | 63% | 79% | +0.33 |
| 2022/23 | 256 | 50.7 | 57% | 73% | +0.32 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Peter's Church of England Aided SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · DevonGood20242.1applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Devon20261.6applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · DevonRemains Good20231.9applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · Devon20261.4applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · Devon20262.8applications per place
- 5.1 km · DevonRequires improvement20241.8applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · DevonGood20221.9applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · DevonGood20241.3applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 113553 · 878/4607
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,305 pupils · 1,305 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Quarry Lane, Heavitree, Exeter, EX2 5AP
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources