All-through
Thomas Hall School
Cowley Bridge Road, Exeter, EX4 5AD
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 438 of 720 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
- Local authority
- Devon
- Trust
- REACH SOUTH ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 42.7
- Pupils per adult
- 10.7
- Pupils
- 459
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
25%
34.6
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 64% |
| Working at a higher standard | 7% |
| Attainment 8 | 34.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.94 |
| Entered the EBacc | 25% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 35% |
| 23/24 | 54% |
| 24/25 | 64% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31% |
| 22/23 | 8% |
| 23/24 | 15% |
| 24/25 | 25% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.49 |
| 22/23 | -0.42 |
| 23/24 | -0.27 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 101.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.9 |
| 22/23 | 30.7 |
| 23/24 | 34.3 |
| 24/25 | 34.6 |
Cowley Bridge Road, Exeter, EX4 5AD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Devon admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Phil Arnold
- Address
- Cowley Bridge Road, Exeter, EX4 5AD
- Telephone
- 01392757371