Secondary
St Cuthbert Mayne School
Trumlands Road, Torquay, TQ1 4RN
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1001 of 1115 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
- Local authority
- Torbay
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Exeter
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 89.8
- Pupils per adult
- 11.4
- Pupils
- 1,021
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
March 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
November 2016
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
26%
36 points below the Torquay average (62% across 5 schools)
39.7
14.5 below the Torquay average (54.2 across 5 schools)
5th of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Torquay we can score - 6 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.32 |
| Entered the EBacc | 15% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.86 |
| A level students | 25 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 27% |
| 22/23 | 23% |
| 23/24 | 21% |
| 24/25 | 26% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 30.6 |
| 22/23 | 27.2 |
| 23/24 | 26.0 |
| 24/25 | 28.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.91 |
| 22/23 | -0.80 |
| 23/24 | -0.75 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36.9 |
| 22/23 | 36.8 |
| 23/24 | 37.3 |
| 24/25 | 39.7 |
Trumlands Road, Torquay, TQ1 4RN
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Torbay admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- James Down
- Address
- Trumlands Road, Torquay, TQ1 4RN
- Telephone
- 01803328725