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Churston Ferrers Grammar School Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,062Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136388URN

Greenway Road, Churston Ferrers, Brixham, TQ5 0LN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.9 above Torbay median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in TorbaySelective

438 applications for 159 places · 2nd of 8 in Torbay
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
67.3of 90
3rd of 8 in Torbay
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 18 October 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.8applications per place, Year 7
0.9 above Torbay median (1.8) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

438 applications · 159 places offered · 228 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 2.8; Torbay median median 1.8
  2. 2025 2.8; Torbay median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.7; Torbay median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.7; Torbay median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.4; Torbay median median 1.9
  6. 2021 2.9; Torbay median median 2.1
  7. 2020 2.5; Torbay median median 1.7
  8. 2019 2.7; Torbay median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.8; Torbay median median 1.7
  10. 2017 2.5; Torbay median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.7; Torbay median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.8; Torbay median median 1.7
  13. 2014 3.1; Torbay median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Torbay median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261594382.82281.43
Sep 20251584452.82181.38
Sep 20241504002.71811.21
Sep 20231494002.72001.34
Sep 20221493572.41821.22
Sep 20211494332.92621.76
Sep 20201483682.52001.35
Sep 20191483992.72111.43
Sep 20181494192.82271.52
Sep 20171573842.52081.32
Sep 20161423862.71891.33
Sep 20151363772.81861.37
Sep 20141374263.12061.50

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

146 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)67.33rd of 8 in Torbay
Grade 5 or above in English and maths93%3rd of 8 in Torbay
Grade 4 or above in English and maths99%
  • This school
  • Torbay median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.17
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14667.393%99%–
2024/2514671.296%99%–
2023/2415066.091%97%+0.17
2022/2315169.790%98%+0.62

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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  • Urgent improvement
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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
136388 · 880/4116
Trust
Churston Ferrers Grammar School
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
982 pupils · 1,062 on roll
Free school meals
10.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2011
Replaced
Churston Ferrers Grammar School (URN 113525)
Address
Greenway Road, Churston Ferrers, Brixham, TQ5 0LN
Local authority
Torbay

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources