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Previously a community school administered by Devon County Council, Isca converted to academy status on 1 October 2013 sponsored by the Ted Wragg Trust. [2] However, the school continues to coordinate with Devon County Council for admissions. Ofsted visited in 2016 and declared it to be a good school. They felt the head and the governors were ...
The name Isca Dumnoniorum is a Latinization of a native Brittonic name describing flowing water, in reference to the River Exe.More exactly, the name seems to have originally meant "full of fish" (cf. Welsh pysg, pl. "fish"), [2] although it came to be a simple synonym for water (cf. Scottish whisky). [3]
Isca Hockey Club is a field hockey club that plays in Exeter. The club plays fixtures at several locations, primarily on the water-based pitch at the University of Exeter and Exeter School. [1] The club has six men's and five women's teams, junior teams at all age groups, and also mixed and veteran's teams. [2]
Isca Academy; M. The Maynard School; ... St. Hilda's School, Exeter; W. West Exe School This page was last edited on 3 June 2024, at 05:51 (UTC). ...
The Gaelic term for water is uisce/uisge. This is reflected in the Welsh name for Exeter: Caerwysg meaning "fortified settlement on the river Uisc". Isca Dumnoniorum originated with a settlement that developed around the Roman fortress of the Legio II Augusta and is one of the four poleis (cities) attributed to the tribe by Ptolemy. [8]
In the early 1970s it was the largest school in England, with 2,470 students. In 2008 it was the third largest after Nottingham Academy and Ashfield Comprehensive School. [3] In 2023, Tom Inman became the new headteacher, replacing Andrew Davis. [1] Davis had been headteacher since the departure of Tony Alexander in 2017. [4]
The schools were all merged into a single Boys' Secondary Modern School and Girls' Secondary Modern School in 1967, [citation needed] and in 1972 the two were merged into a single comprehensive school. In 1973 the two halves of the newly united school started using a new site on Cowick Lane, being renamed to Exeter St Thomas High School under ...
The University of Exeter no longer seems to use the name officially, as it formerly did (the term dates on their website don't use it), but their Anglican Chaplaincy retains the name. [ 10 ] At the University of Oxford, following the resolution made by Council on 8 May 2002, Michaelmas Term begins on and includes 1 October and ends on and ...