Torquay Girls' Grammar School

Torquay Girls' Grammar School has received an outstanding overall rating during its recent inspection, reflecting its high academic standards, excellent leadership, and supportive learning environment. The school emphasizes not only academic excellence but also personal development, promoting well-rounded, confident students who are eager to participate in various activities. The curriculum is ambitious and supported by effective teaching, which is tailored to meet the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities. High levels of student engagement and support from staff contribute to a positive school culture.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education across all subjects.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and mental health.
• Supportive and engaging environment fostering high aspirations.
• Effective teaching due to expert subject knowledge of staff.
• High participation in extracurricular activities, especially among disadvantaged pupils.
• Robust careers programme inspiring ambitious future plans for students.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Torquay Girls' Grammar School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 10.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.7% of pupils at Torquay Girls' Grammar School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Torquay Girls' Grammar School had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 6.9% of pupils at Torquay Girls' Grammar School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Torquay Girls' Grammar School received £7,321 and spent £7,411 for each of its 1,021 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £760,000 (£744 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Torquay Girls' Grammar School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Torquay Girls' Grammar School is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Torquay Girls' Grammar School last inspected by Ofsted?

Torquay Girls' Grammar School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Torquay Girls' Grammar School have?

Torquay Girls' Grammar School has 1,058 pupils on roll.

What age range does Torquay Girls' Grammar School cover?

Torquay Girls' Grammar School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Torquay Girls' Grammar School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 68.4, and 95% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Torquay Girls' Grammar School?

Torquay Girls' Grammar School is at 30 Shiphay Lane, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 7DY.