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Secondaries within Exeter

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educationfather · 25/02/2024 18:38

Hi
Looking for any up to date opinions on ISCA state school or west EXE in Exeter - we were hoping to move to Topsham and have read many negative things about schools in Exeter so just wondering how up to date they were and what anyone with children at these schools think

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dinnermoneyready · 03/03/2024 14:24

Yeah, the Exeter secondaries and other Ted Wragg trust schools get good exam results on the whole, lots of parents are fine with them, there’s a pretty vocal online group who are opposed to everything they do. They are pretty strict but know plenty of kids who are getting on fine. Like all schools, government funding has had a massive impact on SEND provision and wider pastoral support, but they’re doing the best they can with what they have I think.

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educationfather · 03/03/2024 09:59

Anyone else ?

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Dadzzz · 26/02/2024 14:51

I don't have a DC at any of the Tedd Wragg schools but had heard they seem very strict on discipline.

Have a dc at at peters, seems to be getting on OK. I dont know a huge amount about either of the schools mentioned in the OP

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educationfather · 26/02/2024 10:45

Hi is that recent experience of a child within the school ?

that's a shame to hear any others with views welcome

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ForTheLoveOfSleep · 25/02/2024 18:49

Avoid any school under the Ted Wragg Trust like the plague. Bullying is rife and their behaviour policies are more focused on punishing uniform discrepancies than actual negative behaviour.

St Peter's Aided School is just up from Countess Wear roundabout and not part of the trust.