Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in TorbaySelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 24 February 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 22 September 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry304 applications · 166 places offered · 215 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 1.8; Torbay median median 1.8
- 2025 2.1; Torbay median median 1.9
- 2024 2.0; Torbay median median 1.9
- 2023 1.9; Torbay median median 1.9
- 2022 1.9; Torbay median median 1.9
- 2021 2.2; Torbay median median 2.1
- 2020 1.7; Torbay median median 1.7
- 2019 1.8; Torbay median median 1.8
- 2018 1.7; Torbay median median 1.7
- 2017 1.6; Torbay median median 1.9
- 2016 1.5; Torbay median median 1.8
- 2015 1.7; Torbay median median 1.7
- 2014 1.6; Torbay median median 1.6
- This school
- Torbay median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 166 | 304 | 1.8 | 215 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2025 | 166 | 351 | 2.1 | 224 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2024 | 156 | 305 | 2.0 | 200 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2023 | 165 | 319 | 1.9 | 230 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2022 | 168 | 324 | 1.9 | 231 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2021 | 158 | 347 | 2.2 | 219 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2020 | 165 | 285 | 1.7 | 184 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2019 | 167 | 296 | 1.8 | 194 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2018 | 167 | 288 | 1.7 | 198 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2017 | 168 | 271 | 1.6 | 179 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2016 | 157 | 242 | 1.5 | 178 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 | 156 | 269 | 1.7 | 196 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2014 | 155 | 252 | 1.6 | 177 | 1.14 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 155 | 70.0 | 95% | 99% | – |
| 2024/25 | 167 | 70.8 | 93% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 156 | 66.9 | 89% | 98% | +0.34 |
| 2022/23 | 164 | 66.2 | 89% | 99% | +0.23 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Torquay Boys' Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.8applications per place 70.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.3 km · TorbayOutstanding20231.8applications per place 68.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.1 km · TorbayStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · TorbayGraded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · TorbayRemains Good20222.9applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · TorbayGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · Devon202624.5Attainment 8
- 7.6 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 7.9 km · DevonGood20231.7applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136321 · 880/5401
- Trust
- Torquay Boys' Grammar School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,160 pupils · 1,087 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2010
- Replaced
- Torquay Boys' Grammar School (URN 113556)
- Address
- Shiphay Manor Drive, Torquay, TQ2 7EL
- Local authority
- Torbay
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources