Churston Ferrers Grammar School Academy
Brixham, TQ5 0LN
· Torbay grammar school
Ofsted: Good
Mixed
Test board
Consortium: Torbay Consortium (Torquay Boys, Torquay Girls, Churston Ferrers). No single fixed qualifying score; pass/fail standard set each year
Ofsted judgement breakdown (2022-10-18)
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good
Oversubscription criteria
- Looked after — Category A: EHCP naming the school, then Looked After/Previously Looked After eligible children
- Top 50 scorers — Category B: eligible children with a qualifying score ≥ the 50th-ranked child's score
- Social justice priority — Category C, applied sequentially: (a) Free School Meals/Pupil Premium/Service Premium, (b) sibling on roll, (c) staff children, (d) children from the 15-school Priority Admission School Group of feeder primaries
- Other eligible — Category D: all other eligible children, by rank order of 11+ score
What the entrance test covers
One shared GL Assessment test for the three Torbay grammar schools (Churston Ferrers, Torquay Boys', Torquay Girls'), sat on the same date at whichever school you register with:
Two papers of roughly 50-60 minutes each, on the same day:
1. English — multiple-choice: reading comprehension, spelling, grammar.
2. Maths — multiple-choice, Key Stage 2-based.
Scores are age-standardised and shared between the Torbay selective schools so each can apply its own admissions policy to the same result. Results arrive in October before the 31 October application deadline.
University destinations
Of the 127-student 2019/20 leaver cohort, sustaining a
higher-education destination the following year. This is the last cohort the Department for Education published
with an Oxbridge/Russell Group breakdown — these categories were discontinued as official accountability
measures after this release, so a more recent figure does not exist.
House prices nearby
Median price, Churston with Galmpton ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£390,000
Median price for the school's electoral ward, year ending March 2023 — a neighbourhood-level indicator, not the school's actual admissions catchment (catchments are often smaller than a ward or span parts of several).
Feeder / linked schools
- White Rock Primary School, Paignton (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
- St Michaels CofE Academy, Paignton (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
- St Margaret Clitherow Primary School, Brixham (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Paignton (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
- Roselands Primary School, Paignton (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
- Preston Primary School, Torquay (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
- Oldway Primary School, Paignton (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
- Kings Ash Academy, Paignton (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
- Hayes Primary School, Paignton (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
- Galmpton Primary School (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
- Furzeham Primary School, Brixham (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
- Eden Park Primary School, Brixham (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
- Curledge Street Academy, Paignton (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
- Collaton St Mary CofE Primary School (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
- Brixham CofE Primary School (Category C (4d) Priority Admission)
Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Torbay admissions publications.
Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.
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