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Torquay Girls’ Grammar School

Selective

National rank

125

Rank last year

71.9^%

A-level

57.7^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Sarah Forster

Attendance 95.1%

Gender of entry Girls

Send pupils* 14.1% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,023

Pupils on free school meals 5.5%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

15.4

23.6

32.9

A*/A

A*-B

71.9

Grade

9/8

35.8

9/8/7

57.7

Grade

Higher Level 7

25.9

Higher Level 6

38.1

Higher Level 5

26.6

Higher Level 7 and 6

Higher Level 7, 6 and 5

90.6

Diploma pass

Average IB points

What the school inspection says

“Pupils are encouraged to become the ‘history-makers’ of the future. When planning their future careers, they aspire to professional lives and positions of responsibility. Over half of students in the sixth form go on to study for degrees in Stem subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Ultimately, pupils live up to the school’s exceptionally high expectations of them. The girls are courageous in their choices, often challenging gender stereotypes. The school’s high ambition for what pupils can achieve academically is balanced with a focus on them becoming a well-rounded person. The school is sensitive to pupils’ emotional and mental health … Participation in the school’s wide extracurricular offer is high, especially among disadvantaged pupils.”

Inspection

2023

In detail *

Read the full report

*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

Boys have been able to join the sixth form since September 2025 at this selective girls’ academy with a 120-year history. The school likes to keep its legends alive: today’s pupils retell legends like the low whistle in a certain wind, attributed to a teacher who didn’t want to move to a new sports hall. Students rub the padlock on the nose of a rhino statue called Sir Lockselot in the foyer for luck in exams.
Fundraising is a huge part of the school’s identity. The annual Charity Week is led by students, and the school has supported the Imprezza Academy in Kenya for 20 years through an annual sponsored walk and other events.
Guest speakers are invited to inspire pupils under the careers programme. Students can join many extracurricular groups, including the Mary Anning Club for budding palaeontologists, dance, craft, music, sport and drama clubs.
The reality TV star Georgia Toffolo is a former pupil.

admin@tggsacademy.org

Telephone

01803 613 215

Website

tggsacademy.org

Address

30 Shiphay Lane, Shiphay, Torquay, TQ2 7DY

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