St James School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Exeter, Devon. The school has 989 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 15 November 2023). Last inspected 15 November 2023. The Headteacher is Emily Harper. The school is administered by Devon local authority. It belongs to THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. It opened in 1 May 2016.
Applications for places at St James School are handled by the school or the local authority (Devon). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
46.9
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+0.09
Progress 8 · 2023-24
53%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
69%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
4.42
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
62%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.