Torquay Boys' Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 23 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Torbay
Unique reference
136321
Address
Shiphay Manor Drive, TQ2 7EL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1093 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
97.1%
Girls
2.9%
First language not English
5.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.4%
Persistent absence
12.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.7%
Other White 6.1%
Mixed 4.9%
Unclassified 4.8%
Indian 2.7%
Other Asian 1.6%
Chinese 1.3%
Other 0.8%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
African 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.23
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 66%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 89%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 66.2
Local authority average 47.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.04
Local authority average 4.07
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE29
AstronomyGCSE4
BiologyGCSE140
ChemistryGCSE140
ChineseGCSE56
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE36
Design & TechnologyGCSE45
English LanguageGCSE156
English LiteratureGCSE155
FrenchGCSE7
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Torquay Boys' Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
156
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
200
2nd preference
87
3rd preference
17
From another Local Authority
194
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
155
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
101
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
168
168
0
Year 8
167
167
0
Year 9
162
162
0
Year 10
168
168
0
Year 11
156
156
0
Year 12
143
130
13
Year 13
129
110
19
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
87.5%
85.6%
Further education
25.0%
45.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
68.0%
41.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
87.0%
60.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
66.0%
29.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
4.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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