St James School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Exeter, Devon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.13 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St James School is a secondary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
St James School 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 | 1.13 mi |
| 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
- 53% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Devon.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance offered, 1.13 miles, was the 3rd shortest of the 10 Devon secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was further from the school than in 2025, the biggest swing between any of its published years.
- Year 7 2026 had 189 first-choice applications for 191 offers; 182 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
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
- Summer Lane, Exeter, EX4 8NN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 985 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 November 2023
Strengths
- “The school motto of ‘work hard, be kind’ is lived by the pupils and staff at St James School.”
- “It is an inclusive school built on warm, respectful relationships.”
- “Pupils feel safe and supported by adults.”
To improve
- “Sometimes the curriculum is not implemented effectively to ensure that pupils can learn as well as they might.”
- “As a result, outcomes are not consistently high across all subject areas.”
- “Disadvantaged pupils do not achieve as well as their peers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 January 2024 (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) | 53% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.9 | 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: 189 first-preference applications, 191 offers in total, 182 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.
- St Luke's Church of England School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Aided School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Isca Academy 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clyst Vale Community College 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- West Exe School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's 8.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Exmouth Community College 8.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The King's School 8.9 mi Not judged Last distance published