Academy converter · Primary
Torquay · TQ1 1SB · Torbay
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 137304
Ilsham Church of England Academy
Academy converter · Torquay · TQ1 2JQ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
176
Local authority
Torbay
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Torquay, Torbay, 176 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 13.6%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Exeter.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 137304
Location
- Address
- Ilsham Road
- Postcode
- TQ1 2JQ
- Town
- Torquay
- County
- Devon
- Local authority
- Torbay
- District
- Torbay
- Constituency
- Torbay
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 176
- Boys / girls
- 80 / 96
- School capacity
- 175
- Capacity fill
- 176 / 175 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 13.6%
- FSM pupils
- 24
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Exeter
- Governance
- Academy trust: LEARNING ACADEMY PARTNERSHIP (SOUTH WEST)
- Academy trust
- LEARNING ACADEMY PARTNERSHIP (SOUTH WEST)
- Sponsor
- Learning Academy Partnership
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Jake Grinsill
- Telephone
- 01803292313
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-10-11
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 85%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 19%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 109.0