Countess Wear Primary School
Glasshouse Lane, Countess Wear, Exeter, EX2 7BS
Headteacher: Mr Jonathan BishopSchool website ↗Pupils: 201 (capacity: 405)Part of CORNERSTONE ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted Requires Improvement
Inspected October 2022
31%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Requires Improvement
Inspected October 2022
100%
First-choice offer rate
Latest data: 2024/25
Ofsted RatingInspected 11 October 2022Full report ↗
Requires Improvement
From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.
Rated Requires Improvement across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.
SATs Results (2024/25)
End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.
Reading, Writing & Maths combinedⓘReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
31.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)ⓘHigher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
7.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 52%·Writing 62%·Maths 41%→All three 31%
Reading
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average
How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)
This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
- How many places were offered?
- 9
- How many families wanted this school first?
- 8
- How many got their first choice?
- 8of 8 (100.0%)
- How many applied in total?
- 17
Pupils & Inclusion
Eligible for pupil premium
48.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageⓘEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
14.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportⓘSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
21.0%
Boys and girls
51%girls·49%boys
102 girls, 99 boys
Location
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Results Over Time
↓ Peaked at 57% (2016/17), currently 31%
* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.
Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.
View raw year-by-year data
| Year | Reading, Writing & Maths (expected %) | Exceeding expected (%) | Reading Progress | Writing Progress | Maths Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 30.0% | 0.0% | -2.3 | -1.9 | -3.4 |
| 2016/17 | 57.0% | 4.0% | -0.7 | -1.5 | -0.4 |
| 2017/18 | 50.0% | 11.0% | -0.9 | -2.5 | -2.1 |
| 2018/19 | 45.0% | 0.0% | -4.3 | -5.2 | -3.3 |
| 2022/23 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023/24 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2024/25 | 31.0% | 7.0% | - | - | - |