Countess Wear Community School
Glasshouse Lane, Countess Wear, Exeter, EX2 7BS
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Countess Wear Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Pattison
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 405
- Pupils on roll
- 218
- URN
- 113079
- Local authority
- Devon
About this school
Countess Wear Community School was a community primary school in Exeter. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 218 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Countess Wear Community School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 42 | 23 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 29% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 38% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 33% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 26% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -6.30 | - |
| Writing progress | -6.60 | - |
| Maths progress | -6.00 | - |
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 Countess Wear Community 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 | 29% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 252 |
| 2023/24 | 218 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Countess Wear Community School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.9% | 41.8% | 218 | — |
| Countess Wear Primary School | 31% | 6.4% | 44.6% | 171 | 0.0 miles |
| Trinity CofE Primary and Nursery School | 75% | 4.6% | 13.8% | 464 | 0.8 miles |
| Exminster Community Primary | 76% | 3.9% | 12.5% | 388 | 1.2 miles |
| Wynstream Primary School Academy | 57% | 6.1% | 55.4% | 299 | 1.2 miles |
| The Topsham School | 52% | 5.1% | 13.3% | 189 | 1.3 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.8%
- English as an additional language
- 14.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.9%
- Persistent absence
- 14.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Countess Wear Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Exeter
-
Trinity CofE Primary and Nursery School0.8 miles
Primary · Exeter
-
Exminster Community Primary1.2 miles
Primary · Exeter
-
Wynstream Primary School Academy1.2 miles
Primary · Exeter
-
The Topsham School1.3 miles
Primary · Exeter
Other schools in Exeter
- Alphington Primary School Primary
- Bowhill Primary School Primary
- Brampford Speke Church of England Primary School Primary
- Broadclyst Community Primary School Primary
- Cheriton Bishop Community Primary School Primary
- Christow Primary School Primary
- Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School Primary
- Clyst St Mary Primary School Primary
- Cockwood Primary School Primary
- Countess Wear Primary School Primary
- Doddiscombsleigh Primary School Primary
- Dunsford Community Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Countess Wear Community School teach?
- Countess Wear Community School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Exeter.
- Has Countess Wear Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Countess Wear Community School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Countess Wear Community School?
- Countess Wear Community School had 218 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Countess Wear Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 29% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Countess Wear Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Countess Wear Community 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 31 August 2024.