Torquay Girls' Grammar School
Academy converter · Secondary
Torquay · TQ2 7DY · Torbay
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 136321
Torquay Boys' Grammar School
Academy converter · Torquay · TQ2 7EL
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,087
Local authority
Torbay
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas 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.
Boys academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Torquay, Torbay, 1,087 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, selective admissions. Free school meals: 6%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 136321
Location
- Address
- Shiphay Manor Drive
- Postcode
- TQ2 7EL
- 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
- 1,087
- Boys / girls
- 1,072 / 15
- School capacity
- 1,160
- Capacity fill
- 1,087 / 1,160 (94%)
- Free school meals
- 6%
- FSM pupils
- 49
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Boys
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: TORQUAY BOYS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- TORQUAY BOYS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL
- Sponsor
- Torquay Boys' Grammar School Multi-Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Dr James Hunt
- Telephone
- 01803615501
Official links
Ofsted information
Inspection data is separate from GIAS establishment records.
- 2026-02-24 — Strong standard (Report)