Contested schools in Torbay

These are the Torbay schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Torbay

Secondary schools (5)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Torbay, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Churston Ferrers Grammar School Academy	159	228	1.43
Torquay Academy	250	342	1.37
Torquay Boys' Grammar School	166	215	1.30
Torquay Girls' Grammar School	191	247	1.29
The Spires College	194	199	1.03

Primary schools (9)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Torbay, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Preston Primary School	45	72	1.60
Ilsham Church of England Academy	25	33	1.32
Galmpton Church of England Primary School	30	39	1.30
Shiphay Learning Academy	30	34	1.13
St Margaret's Academy	34	35	1.03
Lift Barton Hill	56	56	1
Collaton St Mary Church of England Primary School	20	19	—
Torre Church of England Academy	39	37	0.95
Watcombe Primary School	27	25	0.93

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.