# Isca Academy

Isca Academy is a secondary school in Exeter, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 860 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E139682. [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 860
- Council: Exeter
- URN: 139682

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 7 July 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Isca Academy was 47.4, against 45.5 in Exeter and 46.2 in England.
51.1% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Exeter | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 47.4 | 45.5 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51.1% | 48.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62.9% | 65.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 186 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Wynstream Primary School Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wynstream-primary-school-academy-e149629): 630 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Chestnut Nursery School - Exeter Nursery Schools Federation](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chestnut-nursery-school-exeter-nursery-schools-federation-e113050): 890 m. Nursery. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, November 2023
- [Southbrook School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/southbrook-school-e113634): 890 m. Special. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- [Devon Hospitals' Short Stay School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/devon-hospitals-short-stay-school-e134859): 1 km. Pupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Good, September 2023
- [Magdalen Court School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/magdalen-court-school-e113623): 1.2 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Infocus College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/infocus-college-e132042): 1.2 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/139682)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/139682)

## How to cite

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