Exeter School A GSG School
- Exeter School
Victoria Park Road
Exeter
EX2 4NS - Head: Louise Simpson
- T 01392 273679
- F 01392 498144
- E [email protected]
- W www.exeterschool.org.uk/
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Devon
- Pupils: 931; sixth formers: 211
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: £14,025 pa
- Open days: July and September; January for the Sixth Form. Taster days in November for all entry ages.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Exeter Junior School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
We took to the PE teachers we quizzed and satisfied ourselves that they really do try to find something for everyone and don’t compel non-gamesy types to shiver and endure. A parent said, ‘it's good to see the school focus on providing for those who do not aspire to be in the A team’. If you’re academically robust and emotionally self-reliant this is a school where you can really fly. We attended a maths class. First up, warm-up exercises beginning with times tables at breakneck speed (this Guide got 96 per cent and was inordinately proud of it)...
What the school says...
Exeter School entrance examinations consist of: 11+: Maths, English & Computer Adaptive Test. 13+: Maths, English, Science & French/German/Spanish. 16+: Sixth formers selected by GCSE results (minimum 3 As and 3 Bs), school reference and interviews. School reference/report considered at all entry ages.
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Sports
Shooting
Sailing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since September 2020, Louise Simpson, formerly head of St Paul’s School in São Paulo, Brazil. She is the school's first female head. Degree in environmental science from the University of Wales; began her career teaching biology at Gresham's, moving on to Ratcliffe College then King's Rochester. She was appointed senior deputy head at Brighton College in 2009, then head at Bromley High a year later. Married to Darren, an accountant; they have one daughter.
Academic matters
Results terrific - which you may think you’re entitled to expect from such a selective school, but note this: the school’s value added (Progress 8) score is above average, an exceptionally difficult feat to accomplish with conventionally bright boys and girls who have been achieving at a high level relative to their ability all their schooldays. Proper grammar school curriculum....
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Exeter school has a fully qualified Learning Support Coordinator who works to assess and to assist those pupils with Special Educational Needs. Pupils are referred to Learning Support for assessment on entry to the school if SEN is already known or by teaching members of staff when difficulties are noted in lessons. The Learning Support Coordinator will then assess the pupil. The resulting support varies according to need but strategies include, circulation to staff of summary details and strategies to help the pupil learn in class, monitoring through Learning Support and the pastoral system and withdrawal from lessons for one-to-one coaching.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter's Preparatory School | 2020 | 8 | 2 | |
| Thomas's Clapham | 2019 | 2 | 1 | Academic Scholarship (13+) |
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