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Academy sponsor led · Devon

Isca Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 860Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 139682URN

Earl Richards Road South, Exeter, EX2 6AP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.2 above Devon median (1.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in DevonSelective

247 applications for 155 places · 10th of 36 in Devon
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
47.4of 90
17th of 40 in Devon
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 24 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 22 June 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.6applications per place, Year 7
0.2 above Devon median (1.4) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

247 applications · 155 places offered · 96 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Devon median median 1.4
  2. 2025 1.7; Devon median median 1.4
  3. 2024 1.8; Devon median median 1.4
  4. 2023 2.3; Devon median median 1.4
  5. 2022 2.2; Devon median median 1.3
  6. 2021 2.3; Devon median median 1.4
  7. 2020 1.9; Devon median median 1.3
  8. 2019 2.2; Devon median median 1.4
  9. 2018 1.7; Devon median median 1.3
  10. 2017 1.4; Devon median median 1.4
  11. 2016 1.6; Devon median median 1.5
  12. 2015 1.7; Devon median median 1.5
  13. 2014 1.9; Devon median median 1.5
More applications per place than the Devon median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261552471.6960.62
Sep 20251622741.71150.71
Sep 20241612911.81070.66
Sep 20231543572.31280.83
Sep 20221844132.21921.04
Sep 20211864272.32151.16
Sep 20202114001.91900.90
Sep 20191934282.22481.28
Sep 20181933191.71750.91
Sep 20171902621.41480.78
Sep 20161482411.61330.90
Sep 20151171981.7860.74
Sep 20141352591.91290.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

186 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)47.417th of 40 in Devon
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%11th of 40 in Devon
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%
  • This school
  • Devon median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.04
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18647.451%63%–
2024/2519046.447%64%–
2023/2420644.044%66%−0.04
2022/2318048.953%76%+0.23

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

  • 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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
139682 · 878/4006
Trust
The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
950 pupils · 860 on roll
Free school meals
30.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 October 2013
Replaced
Isca College of Media Arts (URN 113506)
Address
Earl Richards Road South, Exeter, EX2 6AP
Local authority
Devon · Exeter

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources