Torquay Boys' Grammar School 11+ admissions

Address

Shiphay Manor Drive, Torquay, South West, TQ2 7EL

Year 7 admission

Boys for Year 7 admission

School type

Fully selective state school

Funding

State-funded

Day or boarding

Day school

Religion or denomination

GIAS records no applicable religious character.

Published admission number

168

September 2027 entry

Academically selected places

168

September 2027 entry

Preferences per offer

The current DfE applications and offers release has not yet been joined to this record.

Assessment provider

GL Assessment

GL Assessment is verified for the linked assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment provider.

• Torbay Grammar Schools 11 PlusFormal consortium

  Provider

  GL Assessment

  Delivery

  Two in-person selection-test papers held in one shared sitting on Saturday 19 September 2026, with catch-up testing only for agreed exceptional circumstances.

  Raw scores are age-standardised before the pass threshold is set. The Admissions Panel determines the qualifying score; parents receive a Yes or No eligibility outcome rather than actual scores, and qualifying candidates are ranked by test score under each school's criteria.

  Official registration page

Eligibility

Boys must register for and sit the two selection tests in English and Mathematics, achieve the selective standard, and apply through the home local authority CAF.

Score policy

English and Mathematics selection-test scores are standardised and combined. The panel ranks candidates by the resulting score, with the published pass threshold and selection review arrangements applying.

Oversubscription

The Admissions Panel ranks qualifying candidates from highest to lowest score until the PAN is filled. Ties prioritise looked-after and previously looked-after children, then Pupil Premium candidates, then all other candidates; distance and random allocation break remaining ties.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

These subjects are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.

• English
• Mathematics

These stages are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment stages.

1. 1. Torbay Selection Tests

   Candidates register with one participating school and sit the English and Maths tests before school preference. The common process reports a Yes or No eligibility outcome, after which each school applies its own admissions criteria.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

GIAS does not publish the current registration deadline.

Test date

GIAS does not publish the current test dates.

CAF deadline

GIAS does not publish the current CAF deadline.

National Offer Day

GIAS does not publish the current offer date.

Fee per term

This is a state-funded school.

Fee per year

This is a state-funded school.

Published fee context

This is a state-funded school.

Inspection outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.

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• Churston Ferrers Grammar School Academy
• Torquay Girls' Grammar School

1. Open state-funded school fields CSV

   Department for Education. Accessed 25 August 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 25 August 2026.

2. ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract

   Office for National Statistics. Accessed 25 August 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026.

3. Admissions Policy 2027-28

   Churston Ferrers Grammar School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

4. TBGS Admission Policy 2027-8 entry

   Torquay Boys' Grammar School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

5. TGGS Admissions Policy - Entry September 2027

   Torquay Girls' Grammar School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. TBGS Admission Policy 2027-8 entry

   Torquay Boys' Grammar School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.