Watcombe Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Torquay, TQ2 8NU
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Combe Pafford School
Steps Lane, Watcombe, Torquay, TQ2 8NL
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
244
Capacity
8-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 5.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 2.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 5.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 0.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 39
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 257
- Boys
- 167 (65%)
- Girls
- 90 (35%)
- Capacity
- 244 (105% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 60.2%
- EAL
- 1.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £21,518/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 93.0%
- White Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Other: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- White Irish: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
93.0%
White British
2.3%
White Other
1.2%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Steps Lane
Torquay, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 139540
- UKPRN
- 10041043
- Establishment No.
- 7041
- Trust
- COMBE PAFFORD SCHOOL
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