Great Torrington School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 6 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Devon
Unique reference
137228
Address
Calvesford Road, EX38 7DJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
875 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
3%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.5%
Persistent absence
27.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.3%
Mixed 2.4%
Other White 2.3%
Indian 0.9%
Unclassified 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.9
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.87
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE45
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE25
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE36
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE153
English LiteratureGCSE144
FrenchGCSE7
GeographyGCSE63
HistoryGCSE77
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Great Torrington School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
182
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
172
2nd preference
58
3rd preference
16
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
172
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
203
102
101
Year 8
173
74
99
Year 9
177
87
90
Year 10
178
107
71
Year 11
144
70
74
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
83.6%
86.5%
Further education
77.0%
57.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
24.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
5.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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