Torquay Girls' Grammar School

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Girls who have an Education, Health and Care Plan, where Torquay Girls’ Grammar School is named on that EHCP w — Girls who have an Education, Health and Care Plan, where Torquay Girls’ Grammar School is named on that EHCP will be considered for admittance and a decision on this will be reached with the SENDCo and the Local Authority
2. 2Girls who have a qualifying score equal to or higher than the 140th ranked child.
3. 3Girls who have a qualifying mark in the external papers which places them in the range between the 141st ranke — Girls who have a qualifying mark in the external papers which places them in the range between the 141st ranked candidate and the 200th. All remaining places will be offered up to the 188th place, and are Children in care or who were in care but ceased to be in care because they were adopted or made the subject of a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England or ceased to be in state care outside of England as a result of being adopted.
4. 4Girls who have a qualifying mark in the external papers which places them in the range between the 141st ranke — Girls who have a qualifying mark in the external papers which places them in the range between the 141st ranked candidate and the 200th. All remaining places will be offered up to the 188th place and are Children in receipt of Free School Meals or Pupil Premium at the time of the test.
5. 5Priority will be given to girls living in the Torbay area and who attend a Torbay primary school (as defined b — Priority will be given to girls living in the Torbay area and who attend a Torbay primary school (as defined by completion of the common application form). Candidates in this category will have a qualifying mark in the external papers which places them in the range between the 141st ranked candidate and the 180th. All remaining places will be offered up to the 188th place.

Torbay Council publishes a school place allocations page for every school, listing that school's admissions criteria in descending order of priority together with the number of places offered under each. Torbay is the admission authority for only its community schools; for the rest the school or trust sets the criteria and its own determined policy is the authority for definitions.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.