Atlantic Academy
Free schools · 242 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1
Academy sponsor led
West Exe School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,237of 1,300 places
- Free school meals
- 21.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 225
- Ofsted
- Report card, 16 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Needs attentionPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: West Exe School (URN 113505, until 6 December 2017).
What the data says
West Exe School has no sixth form. Of the 188 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 79% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.0 against 46.1 across England and 45.4 in Devon, with 51% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, West Exe School 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 | West Exe School | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 188 | 7,192 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 23% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 79% | 56% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | West Exe School | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.0 | 45.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 46% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.29 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.9 | 32.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.1 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 13% | 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 Language | 219 | 97% | 89% | 19% | 20% | 78% |
| Mathematics | 219 | 97% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 81% |
| English Literature | 213 | 95% | 86% | 22% | 21% | 79% |
| Combined Science | 164 | 73% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 70% |
| History | 114 | 51% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 54% |
| Spanish | 99 | 44% | 19% | 8% | 27% | 64% |
| Geography | 87 | 39% | 41% | 20% | 25% | 63% |
| Statistics | 62 | 28% | 5% | 19% | 20% | 81% |
| Chemistry | 49 | 22% | 23% | 41% | 47% | 96% |
| Biology | 49 | 22% | 23% | 43% | 45% | 98% |
| Physics | 49 | 22% | 23% | 47% | 46% | 94% |
| Business Studies | 46 | 20% | 18% | 9% | 20% | 63% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 32 | 14% | 8% | 16% | 21% | 69% |
| Photography | 32 | 14% | 6% | 16% | 19% | 84% |
| Fine Art | 21 | 9% | 9% | 14% | 28% | 86% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 8% | 13% | 33% | 30% | 72% |
| Design and Technology | 15 | 7% | 11% | 13% | 23% | 73% |
| Classical Civilisation | 15 | 7% | 1% | 7% | 40% | 67% |
| Citizenship Studies | 14 | 6% | 3% | 21% | 19% | 71% |
| Polish | 8 | 4% | 1% | 63% | 84% | 88% |
| French | 2 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Psychology | 1 | 0% | 3% | — | 22% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 60 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 36 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 32 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 20 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 15 | — | — |
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.