Torquay Girls Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 1 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
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
136506
Address
30 Shiphay Lane, TQ2 7DY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1007 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
5.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
4.6%
Persistent absence
11.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.8%
Mixed 4.9%
Other White 4.1%
Other Asian 2.8%
Chinese 2.3%
Unclassified 1.8%
Indian 1.3%
Other 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
African 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.5
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 90%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 94%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 70.2
Local authority average 47.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.84
Local authority average 4.07
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
BiologyGCSE75
Business Studies:SingleGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE74
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE147
English LiteratureGCSE146
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE21
FrenchGCSE77
GeographyGCSE98
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Torquay Girls Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
150
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
200
2nd preference
75
3rd preference
15
From another Local Authority
167
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
150
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
92
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 classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
161
0
161
Year 8
159
0
159
Year 9
156
0
156
Year 10
155
0
155
Year 11
155
0
155
Year 12
118
0
118
Year 13
101
0
101
Year 14
2
0
2
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
86.9%
86.5%
Further education
19.0%
47.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
74.0%
37.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
87.0%
54.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
54.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
51.0%
21.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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