Atlantic Academy
Free schools · 242 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1
Academy sponsor led
Isca Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 860of 950 places
- Free school meals
- 30.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 190
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 22 June 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Isca College of Media Arts (URN 113506, until 15 May 2013).
What the data says
Isca Academy has no sixth form. Of the 180 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 79% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
French is unusually popular at GCSE: 44% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.4 against 46.1 across England and 45.4 in Devon, with 47% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Isca Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Devon and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Isca Academy | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 180 | 7,192 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 23% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 79% | 56% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Isca Academy | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.4 | 45.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 73% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.53 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 19% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.4 | 32.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.2 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 14% | 6% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 198 | 100% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 62% |
| English Language | 187 | 98% | 89% | 24% | 20% | 66% |
| Mathematics | 187 | 98% | 88% | 26% | 22% | 75% |
| Combined Science | 149 | 78% | 65% | 15% | 9% | 62% |
| History | 123 | 65% | 41% | 19% | 26% | 54% |
| French | 84 | 44% | 18% | 24% | 29% | 62% |
| Geography | 61 | 32% | 41% | 28% | 25% | 61% |
| Spanish | 57 | 30% | 19% | 18% | 27% | 54% |
| Biology | 37 | 19% | 23% | 68% | 45% | 97% |
| Physics | 36 | 19% | 23% | 72% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 36 | 19% | 23% | 81% | 47% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 35 | 18% | 11% | 3% | 23% | 29% |
| Art and Design | 31 | 16% | 7% | 6% | 24% | 39% |
| Computer Science | 27 | 14% | 13% | 37% | 30% | 74% |
| Physical Education | 18 | 9% | 11% | 28% | 24% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 17 | 9% | 31% | 71% | 32% | 100% |
| Statistics | 13 | 7% | 5% | 92% | 20% | 92% |
| Photography | 9 | 5% | 6% | 33% | 19% | 89% |
| Chinese | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| German | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Business Studies | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
| Psychology | 1 | 1% | 3% | — | 22% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 36 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 30 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 29 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 15 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 14 | — | — |
| Tourism | 9 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 3 | — | — |
Where Isca Academy is
Other secondary schools in Devon are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Devon’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Devon
Axe Valley Academy
Academy sponsor led · 741 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.2
Bideford College
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,455 pupils
71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7
Braunton Academy
Academy converter · 828 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.7
Chulmleigh Community College
Academy converter · 735 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.1
Clyst Vale Community College
Academy converter · sixth form · 944 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.