Torquay Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Torbay
Cricketfield Road, Torquay, TQ2 7NU
64
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
63%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
90.0%
26.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,472
Capacity used
Over capacity105%
1,400 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
63%
1st preference success rate
235 of 371 families who put it first got an offer
243
Places offered
623
Total applications
2.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 371 | 235 | ● 63% |
| 2nd preference | 162 | 8 | ● 5% |
| 3rd preference | 90 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 623 | 243 | 39% |
1st preference success by year
Torbay lets families list 3 preferences. 24 applications came from outside the council area (8 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Steve Margetts
- Address
- Cricketfield Road, Torquay, TQ2 7NU
- Phone
- 01803329351
- Local authority
- Torbay
- Ward / constituency
- Tormohun · Torbay
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 138370
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 36% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 5% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: TORQUAY BOYS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL
1,472 pupils · 1,400 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
08 January 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,309 pupils
Attendance
90.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 44.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.03 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 47% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 70% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.67 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 26.23 | — | — |
Average grade: C- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 48.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 73.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.97 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 238 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 32.24 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 14.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 65 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 240 | 26% | 55% | 73% | |
| Mathematics | 237 | 18% | 60% | 83% | |
| English Language | 237 | 17% | 44% | 63% | |
| Combined Science | 230 | 17% | 55% | 73% | |
| Statistics | 227 | 2% | 31% | 57% | |
| Religious Studies | 222 | 9% | 33% | 44% | |
| History | 127 | 19% | 42% | 56% | |
| Geography | 90 | 13% | 36% | 54% | |
| Engineering | 39 | 0% | 15% | 26% | |
| Art and Design | 32 | 31% | 75% | 91% | |
| Business | 31 | 16% | 35% | 52% | |
| Design & Technology | 30 | 13% | 53% | 67% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 33 | 3% | 18% | 33% | |
| English Literature | 21 | 5% | 19% | 67% | |
| Biology | 19 | 0% | 5% | 26% | |
| Physics | 15 | 7% | 13% | 47% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 13 | 0% | 31% | 77% | |
| Chemistry | 11 | 0% | 18% | 27% | |
| History | 9 | 0% | 11% | 78% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 9 | 0% | 22% | 44% | |
| Geography | 8 | 0% | 13% | 38% | |
| Economics | 6 | 0% | 17% | 50% | |
| Photography | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #361 of 1,824 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 17634: Torquay Academy
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 45% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 5% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 54% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Torbay council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.