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St James School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 985Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 142805URN

Summer Lane, Exeter, EX4 8NN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMar 2015
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Nov 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.5 above Devon median (1.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in DevonSelective

355 applications for 191 places · 6th of 36 in Devon
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
49.2of 90
9th of 40 in Devon
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMar 2015
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Nov 2023

Inspection history

  1. 15 November 2023
    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
1.9applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above Devon median (1.4) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

355 applications · 191 places offered · 189 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Devon median median 1.4
  2. 2025 2.2; Devon median median 1.4
  3. 2024 2.5; Devon median median 1.4
  4. 2023 2.4; Devon median median 1.4
  5. 2022 2.1; Devon median median 1.3
  6. 2021 2.0; Devon median median 1.4
  7. 2020 2.2; Devon median median 1.3
  8. 2019 2.3; Devon median median 1.4
  9. 2018 2.1; Devon median median 1.3
  10. 2017 2.0; Devon median median 1.4
  11. 2016 1.9; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.7; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.6; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Devon median in 10 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Devon median

Dashed bars: as St James School (URN 113507), the previous school.

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 20261913551.91890.99
Sep 20251874042.22201.18
Sep 20241824482.52351.29
Sep 20231774252.42271.28
Sep 20221924072.12101.09
Sep 20211813672.01931.07
Sep 20201884092.22411.28
Sep 20191944402.32441.26
Sep 20181944052.12351.21
Sep 20171923842.02191.14
Sep 2016 *1943591.91880.97
Sep 2015 *1873131.71620.87
Sep 2014 *1712811.61610.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

198 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)49.29th of 40 in Devon
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%13th of 40 in Devon
Grade 4 or above in English and maths70%
  • This school
  • Devon median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.09
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19849.251%70%–
2024/2519846.953%69%–
2023/2419349.355%72%+0.09
2022/2318946.248%68%+0.01

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

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  • 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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
142805 · 878/4016
Trust
The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
980 pupils · 985 on roll
Free school meals
28.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 May 2016
Replaced
St James School (URN 113507)
Address
Summer Lane, Exeter, EX4 8NN
Local authority
Devon · Exeter

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