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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Torbay GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 8 state secondary schools in Torbay, 1,497 pupils. Torbay ranks 32 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.1 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
55.0%
7.2 pts above England
Grade 7+ English & maths
18.0%
3.3 pts above England
Attainment 8
50.4
2.8 points above England
Council rank
32 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Torbay at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: Torquay Boys' Grammar School (70.0); highest non-selective: Torquay Academy (48.7).
- Schools range from 37.5 to 70.0 on Attainment 8, a spread of 32.5 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 36.6, 16.2 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Torquay Boys' Grammar School (60.2).
- Torbay has 3 grammar schools, which lift the council average. Compare the non-selective schools with each other. Grammar schools in Torbay.
- Most improved on 2025: St Cuthbert Mayne School, up 2.3 points to 42.0.
Every Torbay secondary school, ranked
Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths
| # | School | Pupils | Attainment 8 | vs 2025 | Grade 4+ E&M | Grade 5+ E&M | Grade 7+ E&M | Disadvantaged A8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torquay Boys' Grammar SchoolGrammar · Boys | 155 | 70.0 | −0.8 | 99.4% | 94.8% | 45.8% | 60.2 |
| 2 | Torquay Girls' Grammar SchoolGrammar · Girls | 153 | 68.4 | −0.2 | 99.3% | 94.8% | 40.5% | — |
| 3 | Churston Ferrers Grammar School AcademyGrammar | 146 | 67.3 | −3.9 | 99.3% | 93.2% | 39.7% | 59.4 |
| 4 | Torquay Academy | 241 | 48.7 | +1.1 | 72.6% | 53.5% | 15.8% | 38.7 |
| 5 | The Spires CollegePartially selective | 199 | 45.1 | +0.6 | 66.3% | 45.7% | 8.5% | 39.5 |
| 6 | St Cuthbert Mayne SchoolRoman Catholic/Church of England | 159 | 42.0 | +2.3 | 58.5% | 33.3% | 5.7% | 36.2 |
| 7 | Paignton Academy | 286 | 38.5 | +1.6 | 49.7% | 30.1% | 3.5% | 31.5 |
| 8 | Brixham College | 158 | 37.5 | +0.8 | 49.4% | 22.8% | 2.5% | 29.2 |
| England average | 47.6 | 66.8% | 47.8% | 14.7% | 37.7 |
Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.
Torbay against the rest of the South West
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole57.9%
- Torbay55.0%
- Gloucestershire53.8%
- Bath and North East Somerset53.2%
- Plymouth50.9%
- Devon46.6%
- North Somerset46.1%
- Swindon45.7%
- Bristol, City of45.1%
- Wiltshire44.7%
- Cornwall44.4%
- South Gloucestershire44.1%
- Dorset41.9%
- Somerset40.8%
Reading these figures
- Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
- There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
- These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
- Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.