Torquay Boys' Grammar School, Torquay
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Torquay Boys' Grammar School excels at creating a supportive, inclusive environment where pupils feel valued and achieve at high levels. The school offers an ambitious, broad curriculum with unusual subject choices and extensive clubs and activities that give every pupil something to enjoy. With exceptional pastoral care, strong behaviour, and excellent preparation for university and beyond, this school is an outstanding community where pupils thrive academically and personally.
Key Strengths
- Pupils achieve highly, with GCSE outcomes significantly above national averages in many subjects and disadvantaged pupils making strong progress
- Attendance is high and pupil behaviour is exemplary, with pupils showing respect and positive attitudes to learning
- Pastoral care and support for mental health and wellbeing is a major strength, with pupils feeling safe, known and valued
- The breadth and ambition of the curriculum, including unusual subjects like Chinese and Japanese, and the opportunity to study the International Baccalaureate
- Extensive extra-curricular provision with clubs, activities, sports, music and enrichment for all interests
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching is not consistently effective - some teachers do not check pupil understanding regularly or provide feedback for improvement
- Systems for reviewing and improving teaching quality lack rigour and precision, meaning weaker teaching is not addressed effectively enough
- Careers education for key stage 4 pupils could be wider and more extensive, with no expectation of work experience
- Some inconsistency in teaching quality in the sixth form, despite strong overall A-level and International Baccalaureate results
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified and managed, making pupils safer and helping them feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Lunchtime clubs (fantasy games, sports, music), annual musical, house activities, international visits, music ensembles, sports, drama, ethics debates, horticulture project, careers fair, philosophy and ethics course
Torquay Boys' Grammar School is a high-achieving grammar school where pupils benefit from excellent pastoral care, strong academic outcomes, and exemplary behaviour. The school provides a broad, ambitious curriculum with extensive enrichment opportunities, though teaching quality needs to be more consistently high across all classrooms.
At a Glance
6.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
18.5
Avg class size
57
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
94%
Near capacity
1,087 pupils
1,160 capacity
73 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Torquay
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Torquay
Admissions Demand - Torbay
Places available
1,755
Applications
1,375
Got 1st preference
79.4%
Got preferred school
92.8%
Secondary admissions across Torbay (2025/26)
Inspection History(105)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.18634%
Overall absence
6.85921%
Persistent absence
831
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Torquay Boys' Grammar School
Sherwell Valley Primary School
Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Primary School
Shiphay Learning Academy
Torre Church of England Academy
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Lift Barton Hill
Homelands Primary School
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