Cockington Primary School
Academy converter · Primary
Torquay · TQ2 6AP · Torbay
Ages 5–11
Status: Open
1.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 141237
Preston Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Torquay · TQ2 6UY
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
325
Local authority
Torbay
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a 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 sponsor led (primary), Ages 4–11, in Torquay, Torbay, 325 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, special school. Free school meals: 10.8%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 141237
Location
- Address
- Old Paignton Road, Livermead
- Postcode
- TQ2 6UY
- 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
- 325
- Boys / girls
- 178 / 147
- School capacity
- 331
- Capacity fill
- 325 / 331 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 10.8%
- FSM pupils
- 35
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: CONNECT ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- CONNECT ACADEMY TRUST
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 16 on roll / 16 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Melissa Oliver
- Telephone
- 01803607075
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
2023-09-21
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)
- 56%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 2%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0