Exeter School A GSG School
- Exeter School
Victoria Park Road
Exeter
EX2 4NS - Head: Mr R Griffin
- T 01392 273679
- F 01392 498144
- E admissions@exeterschool.org.uk
- W www.exeterschool.org.uk
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Devon
- Pupils: 928 ; sixth formers: 198
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: £12,777 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..
Not a hothouse, but slackers will be pulled up sharply. Regular reporting to parents (includes early warning on promotions and demotions) is a cornerstone of the school. More of an old grammar school work ethic, which most parents relate to easily. Initially unsporty children tend to catch on – ‘My daughter even plays in a local hockey team now,’ reported one parent. Drama has been headed by a couple who arrived from Paris over 20 years ago – inventive, diverse and of a high standard. ‘Honest to goodness value for money’, with flat fee from 11-18. ‘Typically, both parents work and grandparents may chip in'...
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.
What the parents say...
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2015 Good Schools Guide Awards
- Best performance by Boys taking Physics at an English Independent School (GCE AS level)
2016 Good Schools Guide Awards
- Best performance by Girls taking Spanish at an English Independent School (GCSE Full Course)
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.
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2003, Mr Bob Griffin MA (50s). Educated at Wallington High School for Boys, then Christ Church, Oxford, where gained first in modern languages (French and Spanish). Taught at Markham College in Lima before becoming head of modern languages at Haileybury. Came to Exeter from RGS Guildford, where he was second master for five years.
Pupils like him, staff respect him and parents rate him. 'One of the school’s real strengths,’ we were told by one mother. Another said he ‘combines warmth with gravitas’ and ‘empathises with wider parental concerns’. Still teaches a little and often covers for staff absences. Solid, no-nonsense kind of skipper who keeps his ship on an even keel. Cares deeply about his school and doesn’t look ready to move elsewhere. Takes time to get to...
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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 | |
| Not Applicable | |
| 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 |
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