Cowes Primary School
Edinburgh Close, Cowes, PO31 8HF
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Stephanie Praetig
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 260
- Pupils on roll
- 118
- URN
- 118156
- Local authority
- Isle of Wight
About this school
Cowes Primary School was a community primary school in Cowes. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 118 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Cowes Primary 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 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 35 | 30 | 15 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 70% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 83% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 90% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 80% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 106.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - | - |
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 Cowes 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 | Isle of Wight average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43% | 51.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 50.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 49.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 183 |
| 2023/24 | 148 |
| 2024/25 | 118 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cowes Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 4.8% | 13.6% | 118 | — |
| Lanesend Primary School | 37% | 5.5% | 47.1% | 346 | 0.5 miles |
| Gurnard Primary School | 62% | 5% | 7.7% | 522 | 0.6 miles |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School | 35% | 4.3% | 16.2% | 148 | 1.2 miles |
| Queensgate Foundation Primary | 68% | 5.6% | 34.5% | 353 | 1.6 miles |
| Northwood Primary School | 50% | 5.5% | 15.4% | 178 | 1.7 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)
- 13.56%
- English as an additional language
- 21.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.75%
- Persistent absence
- 13.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lanesend Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Cowes
-
Gurnard Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Cowes
-
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · East Cowes
-
Queensgate Foundation Primary1.6 miles
Primary · East Cowes
-
Northwood Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Cowes
Other schools in Cowes
- Gurnard Primary School Primary
- Lanesend Primary School Primary
- Northwood Primary School Primary
- Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Cowes Primary School teach?
- Cowes Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Cowes.
- Has Cowes Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Cowes Primary 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 Cowes Primary School?
- Cowes Primary School had 118 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Cowes Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Cowes Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cowes 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 31 August 2025.