St Luke's Church of England School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Exeter, Devon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
7.53 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Luke's Church of England School is a secondary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 May 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Luke's Church of England 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 | 7.53 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
- For Year 7 2026 the last distance offered was 7.53 miles, the 3rd longest of the 10 Devon secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance has swung sharply between years; the biggest move was from 2025 to 2026, when it came nearer the school.
- Year 7 2026 drew 147 first-choice applications for 186 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 39 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 51% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 5th highest 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
- Harts Lane, Exeter, EX1 3RD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 870 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 May 2024
Strengths
- “The school has high expectations of the pupils.”
- “Pupils know staff are ambitious for them.”
- “Pupils are well prepared for their future choices as a result.”
To improve
- “However, this can be very structured.”
- “At times, this provides only limited opportunities for pupils to think evaluatively and develop discussion around their learning.”
- “When this happens, pupils are not able to talk about the content they have learnt with confidence.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 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) | 51% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.3 | 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: 147 first-preference applications, 186 offers in total, 147 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 James School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Aided School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Isca Academy 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clyst Vale Community College 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- West Exe School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Exmouth Community College 7.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The King's School 8.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cullompton Community College 9.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published