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Schools in Torbay

45 schools in the Torbay local authority.

Schools

45

Open schools

Pupils

19,593

2025–26 census

Good or better

95%

36 of 38 graded

Academic Performance

5.1

out of 10 · 44 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
2 5%
Good
34 89%
Requires improvement
2 5%
Inadequate
0 0%
2 inspected since 2024, no overall grade5 superseded by a report card5 not judged1 in a category of concern
5.1
Academic Performance

Averaged over 44 of 45 schools that can be scored

Pupils

19,593

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Ethnicity

White
89%
Asian
3%
Black
1%
Mixed
4%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
<1%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 43 of 45 schools (19,404 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
27.0%

5,238 of 19,404 pupils · 43 of 45 schools

First language not English
7.4%

1,445 of 19,404 pupils · 43 of 45 schools

Young carers
1.7%

328 of 19,404 pupils · 43 of 45 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
32
Secondary
8
Special
3
PRU
1
Not recorded
1

Top primary schools in Torbay

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Torbay

The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 45 schools in Torbay — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Torbay

How many schools are there in Torbay?
Torbay has 45 open schools — 32 primary, 8 secondary, 3 special, teaching 19,593 pupils in total.
How many schools in Torbay are rated Good or Outstanding?
36 of the 38 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 95% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 2 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 45: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Torbay?
5.1 out of 10, averaged across the 44 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Torbay schools have no Ofsted rating?
7 schools in Torbay currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Torbay local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Torbay covers 45 schools and sits in the South West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Torbay are eligible for free school meals?
27.0% — 5,238 of 19,404 pupils at the 43 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the South West region.