Magdalen Court SchoolBarley Lane School
Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Exeter.
Summary of the comparison
This page compares Magdalen Court School and Barley Lane School in Exeter.
Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Magdalen Court School was judged Requires improvement and Barley Lane School was judged Requires improvement.
On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 2.5 for Magdalen Court School and 5.4 for Barley Lane School.
GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Magdalen Court School (5.1 in 2021-22, 2.5 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Barley Lane School (4.6 in 2021-22, 5.4 in 2024-25).
Side-by-side comparison
| Measure | ExeterMagdalen Court School | ExeterBarley Lane School | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Our score | Not scored | Not scored | |
| Local ranking | Not ranked | Not ranked | |
| Inspection | Ofsted: Requires improvement | Ofsted: Requires improvement | |
| School type | Other independent special school | Foundation special school | |
| Age range | 5-18 | 7-16 | |
| Gender | Mixed | Mixed | |
| Pupils on roll | 143 | 80 | |
| Capacity | 250 | 84 | |
| Location | Exeter, EX2 4NU | Exeter, EX4 1TA | |
| GCSE results | |||
| Attainment 8 | 2.5 | 5.4 Stronger figure | 46.0 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0.0% | 0.0% | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0.0% | 0.0% | 64.8% |
| Entering EBacc | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40.5% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.00 | 0.29 Stronger figure | 4.09 |
| Cohort | 22 | 13 | |
| Key Stage 2 (SATs) | |||
| Reading, writing & maths at expected standard | Not reported | 0.0% | 62.0% |
| At higher standard | Not reported | 0.0% | 8.0% |
| Reading average scaled score | Not reported | 96.0 | 106.0 |
| Maths average scaled score | Not reported | 91.0 | 105.0 |
| Pupils | |||
| Pupils in the census | 120 | 76 | |
| Free school meals (ever 6) | 0.0% | 64.5% | |
| English as an additional language | Not reported | 1.3% | |
| SEN support | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| SEN with an EHC plan | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Attendance | |||
| Overall absence | Not reported | 13.3% | 6.2% |
| Persistent absence | Not reported | 34.6% | 15.8% |
marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.
Historical trends
Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.
GCSE Attainment 8
Pupils on roll
Ethnicity over time
One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.
Barley Lane School
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