Bow Community Primary School
Station Road, Bow, Crediton, EX17 6HU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Clare Wilmott
- Constituency
- Central Devon
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 150
- Pupils on roll
- 133
- URN
- 113060
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 0136382319
About this school
Bow Community Primary School is a community primary school in Crediton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 133 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bow Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 12 | 21 | 20 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 48% | 40% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 67% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 58% | 57% | 55% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 52% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bow Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Devon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 40% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 111 |
| 2023/24 | 145 |
| 2024/25 | 143 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bow Community Primary School compares
Bow Community Primary School ranked 235th of 269 primary schools in Devon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40% | 4.8% | 19.6% | 133 | — |
| Spreyton School | — | 7.5% | 13.6% | 30 | 3.2 miles |
| Copplestone Primary School | 46% | 3.9% | 21.3% | 138 | 3.2 miles |
| North Tawton Community Primary School and Nursery | 56% | 5.4% | 16.8% | 160 | 3.5 miles |
| Yeoford Community Primary School | — | 3.8% | 13% | 56 | 4.1 miles |
| St Thomas of Canterbury CofE Primary School | 56% | 4% | 40% | 51 | 4.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.58%
- English as an additional language
- 0.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.84%
- Persistent absence
- 8.73%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Spreyton School3.2 miles
Primary · Crediton
-
Copplestone Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Crediton
-
North Tawton Community Primary School and Nursery3.5 miles
Primary · North Tawton
-
Yeoford Community Primary School4.1 miles
Primary · Crediton
-
St Thomas of Canterbury CofE Primary School4.4 miles
Primary · Crediton
Other schools in Crediton
Bow Community Primary School ranks 8th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Crediton.
- Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary School Primary
- Copplestone Primary School Primary
- East Worlington Primary School Primary
- Hayward's Primary School Primary
- Landscore Primary School Primary
- Morchard Bishop Church of England Primary School Primary
- Sandford School Primary
- Spreyton School Primary
- St Thomas of Canterbury CofE Primary School Primary
- Yeoford Community Primary School Primary
- Queen Elizabeth's Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Bow Community Primary School teach?
- Bow Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Crediton.
- Who is the headteacher of Bow Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bow Community Primary School is Mrs Clare Wilmott, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bow Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bow Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Bow Community Primary School?
- Bow Community Primary School has 133 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Bow Community Primary School full?
- Bow Community Primary School has capacity for 150 pupils and 133 on roll (89%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bow Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bow Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bow Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bow Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Bow Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 40% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bow Community Primary School compare with other schools in Devon?
- Bow Community Primary School ranked 235th of 269 primary schools in Devon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bow Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Bow Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bow Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bow Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.