West Exe School is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in Exeter. The school has 1,237 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 7 June 2022). Last inspected 16 June 2026. The Headteacher is Jamie Engineer. The school is administered by Devon local authority. It belongs to THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. It opened in 1 March 2018.
Applications for places at West Exe 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)
47.0
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+0.16
Progress 8 · 2023-24
51%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
74%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
4.29
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
46%
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.