West Exe School 3.04

West Exe School is one of five secondary schools in Exeter, Devon. Before 2014, the school was a technology college. Before 1972 it was a secondary modern school formed from the merger of the boys and girls branches of the John Stocker Secondary School, which itself was an amalgamation of the National School, Okehampton Road Girls School and Dunsford Road Boys School. The school's catchment area is St Thomas, Alphington, and some parts of Exwick. In 2005, a new school building was opened.HousesThe four houses are named after different bishops of Exeter throughout the middle and early modern eras. These house are : Briwere (blue) Curzon (red) Grandisson (Green) Temple (yellow)Media coverageWest Exe School has received significant negative media coverage, in both local and national newspapers. However, some of the criticisms made about the school have been refuted