The Ted Wragg Trust currently consists of 13 schools across Exeter, Plymouth and Crediton, including four primary schools, eight secondary schools, one all-through school, with our additional new all-through school, Matford Brook Academy, in South West Exeter opening in September 2023.
Exwick Heights is a large Outstanding Primary and Teaching School and is built on the edge of Exeter's green fringe, occupying a sensitive site in terms of its semi-rural location and position with long views across Exeter city. Two existing primary schools were brought together in 2008, turning a greenfield site into a vibrant mixed-use development, which serves both local primary children and the wider community. Exwick Heights is a committed learning community dedicated to providing the best educational experiences for their pupils. Their aim is to ensure that all pupils are able to achieve their full potential; that they become successful learners, confident individuals and that they leave the school ready for the next stage in their learning journey.
Cranbrook Education Campus is a new, all-through campus at the heart of Devon’s youngest town, with state of the art facilities. The school provides the children with the very best educational experiences through a dynamic, creative and inspiring curriculum, utilising cutting edge technology and making the most of local community and business partners.
Isca Academy is set in enviable grounds and modern buildings near the centre of Exeter. The school is passionate about providing high quality education that is tailored to meet the needs of each and every child as well as being committed to providing inclusive education with an equality of opportunity for all children.
St James is a rapidly growing school located in a new, purpose-built site on the eastern edge of Exeter. St James is a school with very high expectations of, and for, its students; only their best is good enough. St James provides students with opportunities to shine though excellent teaching and innovative practice, a vibrant extra-curricular provision and a curriculum that challenges and inspires from the start of year 7 and is increasingly personalised as students move up through the school. At St James the aim is for students to achieve excellent outcomes, move onto exciting post-16 activities and most importantly to gain a range of skills and experiences which enable them to be happy and successful in the future.
St Luke’s Church of England School is an 11-16 school situated on the east side of Exeter and occupies a fantastic purpose built state of the art facility. The school’s goal is to enable every child at St Luke’s to have the best educational experience, enabling them to make a positive next step in their education, training and future employment, preparing them to live ‘life to the full’. This is achieved by delivering excellent teaching, having an academically challenging curriculum that is personalised for every child and through the promotion of high aspiration and achievement.
West Exe School is an edge of city comprehensive housed in modern, purpose-built accommodation; a bright and stimulating place for students to learn and for staff to work. The school aims to provide a learning environment in which all students feel safe, valued and known, where they can develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to become successful learners, confident young people and responsible global citizens and is proud of both the academic success and personal development of the students. Creative, active lessons and consistently high expectations ensure that students grow in confidence and make very good progress. This enables them to move onto college, apprenticeships, university or work as well-rounded, aspirational young people.
We are proud to be different here at Marine Academy. Our belief, first and foremost is that excellent qualifications and the option to access University are the two most important indicators of student success. This is not at the cost of happiness and wellbeing. Quite simply, we want to produce the next generation of leaders, and have more students go on to Russell Group Universities than any other school in the country. We are proud to champion traditional academic subjects and expect politeness, and the highest levels of discipline from our students. We believe that the ability to speak another language and play a musical instrument is vitally important and our new curriculum for 2019/20 will reflect that belief. Delivering a challenging and academic curriculum in a culture of aspiration and the highest of expectations. For us, there are no excuses accepted for failure.
Marine Academy Primary is dedicated to providing the best education for all, and the brightest future. Their mission “To provide an outstanding education that ensures all pupils reach their greatest potential and live by life’s highest values.” is at the heart of everything they do. This is from an inspirational curriculum which gives children experiences on which to base their learning and their future life choices, to a strategic staffing, recruitment and CPD plan which ensures that all teachers and staff members can improve, not because they are not good enough but because they can be even better. At Marine Academy Primary, they aim to help their children achieve the highest possible standards and provide a rich, broad and balanced curriculum. Inspiring experiences and visits are a vital part of our children’s education. As a National Support School (NSS), and the Headteacher a National Leader in Education (NLE), they are committed to school improvement and what we can learn from others to ensure the best for all children. Marine Academy Primary is a family where every child matters and every child will be able to evolve at his or her own pace, challenged to stretch and develop skills and competencies. The highly skilled and qualified staff team, along with Watson the Academy Dog, ensure that all children aspire to be the best they can be.