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Combe Pafford School
Steps Lane, Watcombe, Torquay, TQ2 8NL
Key facts
- Phase
- Not recorded
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 8 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 239 of 244 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 6.9
- Local authority
- Torbay
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- COMBE PAFFORD SCHOOL
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 86.3
- Pupils per adult
- 3.0
- Pupils
- 258
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 2024
Good
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
3%
5.6
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
| Attainment 8 | 5.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.22 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 5% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 3% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 0% |
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 0% |
| 22/23 | 0% |
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 3% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -1.95 |
| 22/23 | -1.35 |
| 23/24 | -1.38 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 3.9 |
| 22/23 | 3.0 |
| 23/24 | 4.7 |
| 24/25 | 5.6 |
Steps Lane, Watcombe, Torquay, TQ2 8NL
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 15 January, 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
- Sally Banfield
- Address
- Steps Lane, Watcombe, Torquay, TQ2 8NL
- Telephone
- 01803327902