Torquay Girls' Grammar School, Torquay

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 12 November 2026 and an open day on Tuesday 22 June 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Torquay Girls' Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 68.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 49.6 in Torbay and 47 across England.

95% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 54% in Torbay and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 68.6.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.37: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were French, Physics and Biology.

Torquay Girls' Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 247 families put Torquay Girls' Grammar School as their first choice and 352 named it as one of their preferences, for 191 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 67 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Torquay Girls' Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Torquay Girls' Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Torbay's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Torbay has 3 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Torquay Girls' Grammar School are Torquay Boys' Grammar School (0.2 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 70); Torquay Academy (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.7); St Cuthbert Mayne School (1.1 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 42); and The Spires College (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.1).

Torquay Girls' Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 155 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 96% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 25% to a further education college.

Of the 103 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 68% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 19% into work. 52% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 6.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (81%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 73 pupils (6.9%) received SEN support and 2 (0.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Torre Rail Station, about 660 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Torquay Grammar Schools (outside), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Torquay Girls' Grammar School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Torquay Girls' Grammar School issued 20 suspensions, 2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Torquay Girls' Grammar School are Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Sherwell Valley Primary School (0.3 miles), Torre Church of England Academy (0.4 miles) and Shiphay Learning Academy (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.