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School · PrimaryiSource and licenceOfficial record from Get Information about Schools (DfE). Results, attendance, pupil numbers, finance and inspection outcomes are from the Department for Education and Ofsted, as published.Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.Governance Register calculates the connections.How we handle data

Countess Wear Primary School

Academy sponsor led primary school in Exeter (Devon).

KS2 RWM expected
31%
▼ 31pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
52%
▼ 23pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
41%
▼ 33pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
62%
▼ 10pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
93.6%
▼ 1pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
14.8
▼ 5.9 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
43.9%
▲ 19pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
42%
171 / 405 pupils
register figure (GIAS)

Key stage 2, 2024/25

31%Reading, writing and maths-31 pts vs EnglandEngland 62% · 2024/25Devon 57%
52%Reading-23 pts vs EnglandEngland 75% · 2024/25Devon 75%
62%Writing (teacher assessed)-10 pts vs EnglandEngland 72% · 2024/25Devon 67%
41%Maths-33 pts vs EnglandEngland 74% · 2024/25Devon 72%
66%Grammar, punctuation and spelling-7 pts vs EnglandEngland 73% · 2024/25Devon 69%

31% reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 31 points below England (62%).

Higher standard and scaled scoresiA scaled score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 is the top of the scale.Based on 29 pupils at the end of key stage 2. With a small group, each pupil is worth about 3.4 percentage points, so results can move a lot from year to year.Pupils reaching the expected standard, 2024/25. DfE key stage 2 performance tables (revised), via WhatSchool. England and local authority figures from the same release.

7%Higher standard, reading, writing and maths-1 pts vs EnglandEngland 8% · 2024/25Devon 6%
24%Higher standard, readingEngland 33% · 2024/25Devon 34%
14%Higher standard, mathsEngland 26% · 2024/25Devon 23%
102Average scaled score, readingEngland 106 · 2024/25
98Average scaled score, mathsEngland 105 · 2024/25

Key stage 2 over time

iSchools with no figure for a year either had no published result or too few pupils. No tests were taken in 2019/20 and 2020/21 (COVID-19). Progress scores are not published after 2022/23.School figures: DfE key stage 2 performance tables via WhatSchool (the years held here). England: DfE Key stage 2 national headlines, all schools. England 2025/26 (provisional, published September 2026) is 63%; school-level 2025/26 results are not yet in this data.

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YearSchool: reading, writing and mathsEnglandReadingWritingMathsReading progressMaths progress
2024/2531%62%52%62%41%--
2023/24-61%-----
2022/23-60%-----

Pupils and places, 2024/25

iPupils on roll in the January 2026 school census: 171. The survey and the census count pupils on different dates, so the two numbers can differ.The Capacity figure at the top of this page comes from the Get Information about Schools register (pupils on roll against places), so it can differ from this survey.
180Pupils countedcapacity survey 2024/25
315Placescapacity survey 2024/25
57%Of places filled

Under capacity: 135 places were unfilled (43% of places).

DfE school capacity survey 2024/25, via WhatSchool. Open Government Licence v3.0. Places are the school's capacity as counted in the survey, which can differ from the figure in Get Information about Schools.

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