Countess Wear Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Exeter, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Countess Wear Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Countess Wear Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Of its pupils, 43.9% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 31% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Devon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Glasshouse Lane, Countess Wear, Exeter, EX2 7BS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 171 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 31% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Devon.
- Trinity CofE Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Exminster Community Primary 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Wynstream Primary School Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Topsham School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodwater Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Clyst St Mary Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published