Lift Barton Hill
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Torquay, TQ2 8JA
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Watcombe Primary School
Moor Lane, Torquay, TQ2 8NU
Local ranking24th of 31 primary schools in Torbay
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
242
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 2 July 2024.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 37.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 56.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 48.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 48.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 44.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 99.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 27
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 225
- Boys
- 108 (49%)
- Girls
- 113 (51%)
- Capacity
- 242 (91% full)
- SEND
- 32.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.4%
- EAL
- 2.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 8.9%
- SEN Support
- 23.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,080/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.2%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
- Asian Chinese: 1.3%
- Asian Other: 1.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.9%
- Other: 0.9%
89.3%
White British
2.2%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
1.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Moor Lane
Torquay, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 113233
- UKPRN
- 10070852
- Establishment No.
- 2460
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