Bowhill Primary School | School performance

55%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

464

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

55%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

464

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

55%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

464

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 13/11/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityDevon

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio22.6:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Bowhill Primary School · Primary · Devon

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2017/18

RWM expected standard

55%

+11pp

67%56%44%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 55%

RWM higher standard

-4pp

9%5%1%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 1%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

73%

Reading higher standard

37%

Writing expected standard

69%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

72%

Maths higher standard

21%

Science expected standard

83%

SPAG expected standard

75%

SPAG higher standard

21%

Reading scaled score

106.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

GPS scaled score

105.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

464

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.6

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

16%

FSM eligible

16%

SEN

21%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

14%

Contact

Address

Buddle Lane, St Thomas, Exeter, EX4 1JT

Local authority

Devon

Website

www.bowhill.devon.sch.uk/

Telephone

01392206585

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	55%	1%	73%	37%	69%	4%	72%	21%	83%	75%	106.0	104.0	105.0	—	—	—	21%	464
2023/24	44%	5%	71%	23%	73%	8%	50%	16%	87%	65%	105.0	100.0	103.0	—	—	—	20%	490
2022/23	67%	3%	76%	35%	72%	11%	76%	17%	84%	79%	107.0	104.0	105.0	+0.80	-0.40	-0.80	21%	494
2018/19	56%	9%	79%	30%	66%	20%	76%	23%	84%	80%	105.0	104.0	106.0	+1.60	-1.00	+0.30	17%	486
2017/18	54%	3%	69%	19%	75%	8%	63%	15%	78%	69%	103.0	102.0	103.0	-1.50	-0.90	-1.40	—	477

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	464	21.2	21%	16%	16%	6%	14%
2023/24	490	23.6	20%	16%	18%	6%	11%
2022/23	494	22.4	21%	15%	16%	6%	15%
2021/22	493	23.8	16%	13%	17%	7%	17%
2020/21	489	22.9	15%	14%	17%	—	—
2018/19	486	20.8	17%	13%	14%	4%	7%
2017/18	—	22.6	—	—	—	4%	8%
2016/17	466	—	18%	11%	19%	—	—