West Exe School

Coordinates: 50°42′25″N 3°32′24″W / 50.707°N 3.540°W / 50.707; -3.540

West Exe School
Established	1973 (merger of previous schools)
Type	Foundation school
Headteacher	Chris Lander (acting) ^[1]
Chair	Allan Hart^[2]
Location	Hatherleigh Road Exeter Devon EX2 9JU England
Local authority	Devon
DfE URN	113505 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1,300
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11–16
Houses	Grandisson, Briwere, Temple, Curzon
Colours	Green, Blue, Yellow, Red, (Purple)
Website	www.westexe.devon.sch.uk

West Exe School is one of five secondary schools in Exeter, Devon. Before 2014, the school was a technology college.^[3] Before 1972 it was a secondary modern school formed from the merger of the boys and girls branches of the John Stocker Secondary School, which itself was an amalgamation of the National School, Okehampton Road Girls School and Dunsford Road Boys School.^[4] The school's catchment area is St Thomas, Alphington, and some parts of Exwick. In 2005, a new school building was opened.^[5]

Houses

The five houses are named after different bishops of Exeter throughout the middle and early modern eras.

Media coverage

West Exe School has received significant negative media coverage,^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] in both local and national^[11] newspapers. However, some of the criticisms made about the school have been refuted^[12]

References

External links

West Exe School - West Exe School Home Page.

Schools in Devon (including Plymouth and Torbay)

Primary schools	Dartmouth Academy Hyde Park Junior School Marine Academy Plymouth St Budeaux CE Junior School

Secondary schools	All Saints CE Academy Axe Valley Community College Bideford College Braunton Academy Brixham College Chulmleigh Community College Clyst Vale Community College Coombe Dean School Coombeshead Academy Cullompton Community College Dartmouth Academy Dawlish Community College Eggbuckland Community College Exmouth Community College Great Torrington School Hele's School Holsworthy Community College Honiton Community College The Ilfracombe Academy Isca Academy Ivybridge Community College King Edward VI Community College The King's School Kingsbridge Community College Lipson Co-operative Academy Marine Academy Plymouth Newton Abbot College Notre Dame RC School Okehampton College Paignton Community Academy The Park Community School Pilton Community College Plymstock School Queen Elizabeth's Community College Ridgeway School St Boniface's Catholic College St Cuthbert Mayne School St James School St Luke's Science & Sports College St Peter's Church of England Aided School Sidmouth College Sir John Hunt Community Sports College South Dartmoor Community College South Devon UTC South Molton Community College The Spires College Stoke Damerel Community College Tavistock College Teign School Teignmouth Community School Tor Bridge High Torquay Academy Tiverton High School Uffculme School UTC Plymouth West Exe School

Grammar schools	Churston Ferrers Grammar School Colyton Grammar School Devonport High School for Boys Devonport High School for Girls Plymouth High School for Girls Torquay Boys' Grammar School Torquay Girls' Grammar School

Independent schools	Blundell's School Bramdean School Education First EF International Academy Exeter Tutorial College Exeter School Kingsley School The Maynard School Mount Kelly School Plymouth College Sands School Shebbear College The Small School Trinity School West Buckland School

Special education	Longcause Community Special School Oakwood Court College

Sixth forms & further education	Bicton College City College Plymouth Exeter College Exeter Mathematics School Petroc South Devon College

Defunct institutions	Allhallows College Edgehill College Grenville College Hele's Grammar School Kelly College Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Southway Community College Stokelake Residential School United Services College

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