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Countess Wear Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Glasshouse Lane, Countess Wear, Exeter EX2 7BS · tcat.education · 01392 304040
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 31%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Devon 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Devon Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 171
- 42% of 405 places
- Local authority
- Devon
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 45.2%
- First language not English
- 12.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Devon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 13 families put the school first and 13 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 31 | 29 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 31% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Devon it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼31% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 113079)
Ofsted
Countess Wear Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 11 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 11 Oct 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113079)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113079), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Nov 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113079)
Apr 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113079)
Jul 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113079)