Academy converter · Primary
Torquay · TQ1 4NZ · Torbay
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 140644
St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery School
Academy converter · Torquay · TQ1 4QH
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
241
Local authority
Torbay
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas 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 converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Torquay, Torbay, 241 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 26.8%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Exeter.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 140644
Location
- Address
- Hartop Road, St Marychurch
- Postcode
- TQ1 4QH
- 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
- 241
- Boys / girls
- 116 / 125
- School capacity
- 315
- Capacity fill
- 241 / 315 (77%)
- Free school meals
- 26.8%
- FSM pupils
- 62
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Exeter
- Governance
- Academy trust: ST CHRISTOPHER'S C OF E (PRIMARY) MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- ST CHRISTOPHER'S C OF E (PRIMARY) MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jane Bird
- Telephone
- 01803329070
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
Good
Inspection date
2024-05-14
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
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)
- 26%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 99.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0