Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in TorbaySelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry352 applications · 191 places offered · 247 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 1.8; Torbay median median 1.8
- 2025 1.9; Torbay median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; Torbay median median 1.9
- 2023 2.0; Torbay median median 1.9
- 2022 2.0; Torbay median median 1.9
- 2021 2.1; Torbay median median 2.1
- 2020 2.0; Torbay median median 1.7
- 2019 1.9; Torbay median median 1.8
- 2018 1.9; Torbay median median 1.7
- 2017 1.9; Torbay median median 1.9
- 2016 1.8; Torbay median median 1.8
- 2015 1.7; Torbay median median 1.7
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 191 | 352 | 1.8 | 247 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2025 | 188 | 350 | 1.9 | 242 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2024 | 150 | 290 | 1.9 | 200 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2023 | 160 | 315 | 2.0 | 218 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2022 | 154 | 305 | 2.0 | 189 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2021 | 155 | 317 | 2.1 | 207 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2020 | 154 | 303 | 2.0 | 176 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2019 | 154 | 286 | 1.9 | 200 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2018 | 155 | 290 | 1.9 | 185 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2017 | 148 | 286 | 1.9 | 174 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2016 | 146 | 255 | 1.8 | 177 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2015 | 150 | 257 | 1.7 | 192 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2014 | 127 | 250 | 2.0 | 165 | 1.30 |
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.) | 153 | 68.4 | 95% | 99% | – |
| 2024/25 | 156 | 68.6 | 90% | 97% | – |
| 2023/24 | 155 | 68.9 | 90% | 97% | +0.37 |
| 2022/23 | 146 | 70.2 | 94% | 100% | +0.50 |
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 Girls' Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20231.8applications per place 68.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.3 km · Torbay20261.8applications per place 70.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.9 km · TorbayStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · TorbayGraded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · TorbayRemains Good20222.9applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 5.7 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
- 8.0 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
- 136506 · 880/4114
- Trust
- Torquay Girls' Grammar School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,058 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2011
- Replaced
- Torquay Girls Grammar School (URN 113523)
- Address
- 30 Shiphay Lane, Torquay, TQ2 7DY
- Local authority
- Torbay
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources