Isca Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Exeter, Devon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Devon County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Isca Academy is a secondary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 June 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Isca Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for a Year 7 place in 2026 was offered one, as at 25 of the 36 other Devon secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 96 first-choice applications for 155 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 59 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 47% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 46.4 (England 46).
- In 2024/25 the GCSE English and maths result was the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Devon.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Devon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Earl Richards Road South, Exeter, EX2 6AP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 860 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are typically positive about their academic and social experiences at Isca Academy.”
- “They value their teachers for both their subject expertise and the caring, supportive relationships they build with them.”
- “Pupils report that if they have a problem, a trusted adult will help them to resolve it.”
To improve
- “However, the proportion of pupils who receive suspensions remains high.”
- “Although leaders have improved pupils' attendance, too many pupils still miss school.”
- “However, a minority of pupils struggle with writing about what they have learned in their respective subjects.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 96 first-preference applications, 155 offers in total, 96 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Devon.
- West Exe School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Aided School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Luke's Church of England School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St James School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clyst Vale Community College 4.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Exmouth Community College 7.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Dawlish College 8.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's 9.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published