SCHOOL PROFILE

West Exe School: data, trends and context

West Exe School is a secondary school in Devon. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
145404
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Devon
Region
South West
Trust
THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
EX2 9JU
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,237
FSM eligible
21.9%
EAL / First language other than English
16.2%
SEND (total)
15.2%
SEN Support
11.2%
EHCP
4.0%
White British
77.8%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.0%
Overall absence
10.0%
Persistent absence
26.0%
Severe absence
6.9%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
DevonLocal authority89.8%10.2%3.5%
South WestRegion90.7%9.3%3.1%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
18.7%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
5.9%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.16%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
47.0
English & maths grade 5+
50.7%
English & maths grade 4+
74.2%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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West Exe School is a secondary school in Devon. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.