Matford Brook AcademyWest Exe School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Exeter.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Matford Brook Academy and West Exe School in Exeter.

Matford Brook Academy scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average) and West Exe School scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average). West Exe School is ahead on our composite score.
Matford Brook Academy was judged the expected standard and West Exe School was judged the expected standard.

Matford Brook Academy versus West Exe School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	ExeterMatford Brook Academy	ExeterWest Exe School	England average
Overview
Our score	C55/100	C59/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	41st of 41 in Devon	11th of 41 in Devon Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Expected	Ofsted: Expected
School type	Free schools	Academy sponsor led
Phase	All-through	Secondary
Age range	2-16	11-16
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	276	1,237
Capacity	370	1,300
Location	Exeter, EX2 0BZ	Exeter, EX2 9JU
GCSE results
Attainment 8	Not reported	48.0	46.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths	Not reported	53.3%	46.3%
Grade 4+ in English & maths	Not reported	71.9%	64.8%
Cohort	Not reported	242
Pupils
Pupils in the census	163	1,237
Free school meals (ever 6)	25.4%	20.4%
English as an additional language	3.7%	15.8%
SEN support	28.8%	13.6%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.8%	4.6%
Attendance
Overall absence	10.4%	10.0% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	31.3%	26.0% Stronger figure	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.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.