Academy converter · Torbay

St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery School

3–11Ages
241Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
140644URN

Hartop Road, St Marychurch, Torquay, TQ1 4QH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.6per place

close to Torbay median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Torbay

26 applications for 16 places · 11th of 26 in Torbay

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

53%met the expected standard

Torbay 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 14 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

14 May 2024
Graded inspection: Good
14 June 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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

1.6applications per place, Reception

close to Torbay median (1.6) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

26 applications · 16 places offered · 16 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 1.6; Torbay median median 1.6
2025 1.8; Torbay median median 1.7
2024 2.4; Torbay median median 1.8
2023 1.6; Torbay median median 1.7
2022 2.0; Torbay median median 1.9
2021 2.2; Torbay median median 1.9
2020 2.1; Torbay median median 2.1
2019 1.7; Torbay median median 2.1
2018 1.5; Torbay median median 2.2
2017 1.9; Torbay median median 2.3
2016 2.0; Torbay median median 2.2
2015 1.8; Torbay median median 1.9
2014 1.8; Torbay median median 1.7; as the previous school

This school
Torbay median

Dashed bars: as St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery School (URN 113473), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

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	16	26	1.6	16	1.00
Sep 2025	26	47	1.8	23	0.88
Sep 2024	19	45	2.4	19	1.00
Sep 2023	34	54	1.6	34	1.00
Sep 2022	31	62	2.0	31	1.00
Sep 2021	28	62	2.2	27	0.96
Sep 2020	42	90	2.1	39	0.93
Sep 2019	41	70	1.7	31	0.76
Sep 2018	44	66	1.5	43	0.98
Sep 2017	43	81	1.9	39	0.91
Sep 2016	41	81	2.0	37	0.90
Sep 2015	39	71	1.8	32	0.82
Sep 2014 *	38	68	1.8	37	0.97

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 63% · Maths 70% → all three 53% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard53%22nd of 30 in Torbay

Torbay 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard79%

Torbay 77% England 78%

Higher standard21%

Torbay 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard63%

Torbay 73% England 75%

Greater depth9%

Torbay 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard70%

Torbay 76% England 77%

Higher standard16%

Torbay 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Torbay median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	53%	2%	105	104
2023/24	40%	0%	102	100
2022/23	26%	0%	103	99

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

1.6applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, Torquay
0.3 km · Torbay

Good2022

2.4applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
St Margaret's Academy
0.4 km · Torbay

Remains Good2023

2.1applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Homelands Primary School
0.6 km · Torbay

2026

1.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Watcombe Primary School
1.2 km · Torbay

Good2024

1.5applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
Lift Barton Hill
1.3 km · Torbay

Good2023

1.4applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Upton St James CofE Primary School
1.4 km · Torbay

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.1applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
All Saints Babbacombe CofE Primary School
1.4 km · Torbay

Remains Good2023

2.1applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Ellacombe Church of England Academy
1.5 km · Torbay

Good2024

1.4applications per place 71%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
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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: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140644 · 880/3616
Trust: St Christopher's C of E (PRIMARY) Multi Academy Trust
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 315 pupils · 241 on roll
Free school meals: 26.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 March 2014
Replaced: St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery School (URN 113473)
Address: Hartop Road, St Marychurch, Torquay, TQ1 4QH
Local authority: Torbay

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources