West Exe School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Exeter, EX2 9JU
- Distance
- 2.4km away
Matford Brook Academy
March Close, Matford, Exeter, EX2 0BZ
Local ranking41st of 41 secondary schools in Devon
Ofsted: Expected
All-through
Phase
370
Capacity
2-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: Ofsted inspection 23 June 2026.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 163
- Boys
- 135 (49%)
- Girls
- 141 (51%)
- Capacity
- 370 (75% full)
- SEND
- 30.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.4%
- EAL
- 3.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 28.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 10.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £11,591/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.6%
- White Other: 4.0%
- Mixed Other: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Other: 0.8%
89.6%
White British
4.0%
White Other
3.2%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 143724
- UKPRN
- 10093055
- Establishment No.
- 4020
- Trust
- THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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