Torquay Boys' Grammar School

Torquay, TQ2 7EL · Torbay grammar school

Ofsted: Good Boys
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 (2021-09-22)

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

  1. Score rank — All eligible boys ranked purely by standardised entrance-test score, highest to lowest, until PAN is filled
  2. Looked after tiebreak — Tiebreak for the final contested place(s) only: Looked After/Previously Looked After boys with the tied score
  3. Pupil premium tiebreak — Tiebreak (2nd level): Pupil Premium boys with the tied 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

Oxbridge
3%
Russell Group
45%
Top-third university
52%
Any degree
82%

Of the 130-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, Shiphay ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£265,750

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).

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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