Sometimes students need support during their time at Isca with either their school work or issues relating to health, wellbeing or other issues outside of school.
We have a large pastoral team to support all our students with their wellbeing and mental health. If you are upset in class, your teacher can request support for you. Your Head of Year and our safeguarding team are also available to speak to and offer further support. We also have our Mental Health Support Team that come in regularly to meet students about any wellbeing concerns.
Staff with pink lanyards are specially trained for Safeguarding and you can speak to them about anything.

Lunch and break are both 30 minutes long. We can get food from the canteen at both lunch and break.  Many students eat some of their lunch at break time.
For new Year 7 students the lunch time is slightly earlier for the first few weeks, whilst they get used to new routines.

(Student council member, Year 9)

There are after school clubs on most days such as netball, running, trampolining, rugby etc. There are also outdoor education programmes like Exe Valley Challenge in Year 7 and Duke of Edinburgh Award from Year 9.

(Student council members, Year 7 and 8)

There are more than 50 teachers at Isca Academy but you won’t be taught by all of them!

Most students have 10-12 teachers during any year.  Sometimes you might have shared teachers for some subjects.
You have a Tutor that you see every day, who are there to help and you will get to know really well.