St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolPriory Roman Catholic Primary School, Torquay

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Torquay.

Summary of the comparison

St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery School and Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, Torquay are primary schools in Torquay.

  • St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery School scores 40 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, Torquay scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average). Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, Torquay is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery School was judged Good and Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, Torquay was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 53.0% for St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery School and 44.0% for Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, Torquay.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery School (26.0% in 2022-23, 53.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery School versus Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, Torquay compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure TorquaySt Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolTorquayPriory Roman Catholic Primary School, TorquayEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD40/100C62/100Stronger figure
Local ranking29th of 31 in Torbay 8th of 31 in Torbay Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll267 96
Capacity315 178
LocationTorquay, TQ1 4QH Torquay, TQ1 4NZ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard53.0% Stronger figure44.0% 62.0%
At higher standard2.0% 6.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 Stronger figure102.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census267 96
Free school meals (ever 6)31.9% 34.4%
English as an additional language5.6% 8.3%
SEN support25.1% 35.4%
SEN with an EHC plan3.0% 9.4%
Attendance
Overall absence4.6% Stronger figure8.0% 6.2%
Persistent absence7.7% Stronger figure26.5% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery School

Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, Torquay

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