Bow Community Primary School

State-Funded School

bow-community-primary-school-devon-south-west

South WestRegion

DevonLocal Authority

Central DevonConstituency

EX17 6HUPostcode

3.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Bow Community Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Devon, South West.

It currently serves 133 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 48%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

94%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

133

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

20%

England average

27%

First language not English

<1%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 133
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
10 Mar 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
18 May 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
7 Nov 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.