Countess Wear Primary School

About Countess Wear Primary School

Countess Wear Primary School is a state-funded mixed primary in Exeter, within the Devon local authority. Among the 309 primary schools in the county, it sits some distance from the top-ranked peers identified in local data: Stockland Church of England Primary Academy, Upottery Primary School, and Berry Pomeroy Parochial CofE Primary School all hold higher ranking scores. The school is led by headteacher Jonathan Bishop and caters for children aged 2 to 11, with a nursery provision on site. It has a capacity of 405 pupils but currently enrols just 201, meaning it is operating well below its potential roll. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 43.6%, which is notably high and suggests a significant level of socio-economic disadvantage among the intake. The school does not have a religious character, and its most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in October 2022, rated it as Requires Improvement across all five graded categories, including overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. This was a consistent outcome, with the early years provision also judged to require improvement.

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