England · Grammar school
Churston Ferrers Grammar School Academy
Churston Ferrers, Brixham · Mixed (co-educational) · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136388)
Overview
- Address
- Greenway Road, Churston Ferrers, Brixham, Devon, Churston Ferrers, Brixham, TQ5 0LN
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Mixed (co-educational)
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,062
- Capacity
- 982
- Eligible for free school meals
- 10.2%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- Torbay
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Fully selective area33% of Year 7 places offered in Torbay for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- No catchment area, but priority goes to qualifying children at one of 15 named partner primary schools. This comes after children who score at or above the 50th-ranked child, children on free school meals or pupil premium, brothers and sisters, and children of staff. In 2026, 88 of 160 places went to the partner-school group.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Sometimes: Children not at a partner primary school can get in by scoring at or above the 50th-ranked child (14 places in 2026), through pupil premium (30), or as a sibling (20). Only 5 places in 2026 went to other qualifying children, in score order.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 438 applicants named this school (228 as their first choice) for 159 places. 31 of 159 offers went to children living outside Torbay.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Torbay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 159 | 438 | 228 | 1.4 | 31 |
| Sept 2025 | 158 | 445 | 218 | 1.4 | 64 |
| Sept 2024 | 150 | 400 | 181 | 1.2 | 66 |
| Sept 2023 | 149 | 400 | 200 | 1.3 | 50 |
| Sept 2022 | 149 | 357 | 182 | 1.2 | 58 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Torbay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 149 | 433 | 262 | 1.8 | 56 |
| Sept 2020 | 148 | 368 | 200 | 1.4 | 52 |
| Sept 2019 | 148 | 399 | 211 | 1.4 | 41 |
| Sept 2018 | 149 | 419 | 227 | 1.5 | 54 |
| Sept 2017 | 157 | 384 | 208 | 1.3 | 38 |
| Sept 2016 | 142 | 386 | 189 | 1.3 | 52 |
| Sept 2015 | 136 | 377 | 186 | 1.4 | 38 |
| Sept 2014 | 137 | 426 | 206 | 1.5 | 37 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Torbay" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (torbay.gov.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 January 2011
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 18 October 2022: overall Good. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Inspection history (3)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 67.3 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 93.2% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 39.7% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99.3% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 66 (2023/24) → 71.2 (2024/25) → 67.3 (2025/26).
146 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- TQ5 0LN
- Map location
- 50.396, -3.55862
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01803842289
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.churstongrammar.com
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136388) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026