Secondary
Torquay Academy
Cricketfield Road, Torquay, TQ2 7NU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1472 of 1400 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
- Local authority
- Torbay
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- TORQUAY BOYS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 84.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 126.3
- Pupils per adult
- 11.7
- Pupils
- 1,481
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 January 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
49%
13 points below the Torquay average (62% across 5 schools)
47.6
6.6 below the Torquay average (54.2 across 5 schools)
4th 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 | 47.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.97 |
| Entered the EBacc | 8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49% |
| A level average points per entry | 32.24 |
| A level students | 65 |
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 | 57% |
| 22/23 | 53% |
| 23/24 | 47% |
| 24/25 | 49% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.3 |
| 22/23 | 29.5 |
| 23/24 | 26.2 |
| 24/25 | 32.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.09 |
| 22/23 | +0.37 |
| 23/24 | +0.03 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 48.2 |
| 22/23 | 48.4 |
| 23/24 | 44.6 |
| 24/25 | 47.6 |
Cricketfield Road, Torquay, TQ2 7NU
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
- Principal
- Steve Margetts
- Address
- Cricketfield Road, Torquay, TQ2 7NU
- Telephone
- 01803329351