Isca Academy Isca Academy Isca Academy (formerly Isca College of Media Arts and Priory High School) is a mixed secondary school located in Exeter in the English county of Devon. Previously a community school administered by Devon County Council, Isca converted to academy status on 1 October 2013 sponsored by the Ted Wragg Trust. However the school continues to coordinate with Devon County Council for admissions. Isca Academy offers GCSEs, BTECs and ASDAN courses as programmes of study for pupils. Some courses are offered in conjunction with Exeter College. Procedures for field trips at the school were reviewed in 2016 after four
Isca Augusta legion was needed to repel a potential invasion from the Continent. The stone from Isca may have been used for building defences on the south coast. There may still have been an occasional military presence as late as the early 4th century, but the fortress was probably later taken over by the people of the surrounding vicus. The basilica of the baths was used as a cattle pen. Recent finds suggest Roman occupation of some kind as late as AD 380. According to the Gildas (followed by Bede), Roman Caerleon was the site of two early Christian martyrdoms in Britain,