Cockington Primary School

Old Mill Road, Torquay, TQ2 6AP

Local ranking28th of 31 primary schools in Torbay

Ofsted: Good

Primary

Phase

480

Capacity

5-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from Cockington Primary School (URN 140063) since 31 May 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 23 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour & attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Good
Leadership & management: Good
Early years: Good

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25

Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected): 46.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher): 6.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected): 71.0%
Writing (Expected): 50.0%
Maths (Expected): 68.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected): 61.0%
Reading avg scaled score: 104.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score: 103.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score: 102.0
Cohort Size: 80

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 419
Boys: 193 (46%)
Girls: 226 (54%)
Capacity: 480 (87% full)
SEND: 19.8%
FSM Eligible: 34.6%
EAL: 27.2%
SEN with EHC Plan: 3.1%
SEN Support: 16.7%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 22.0:1
Teachers (FTE): 19.0
Budget per Pupil: £6,640/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 5.2% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 15.0% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Sixth Form: Not applicable
Boarders: No boarders

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

White British: 70.6%
White Other: 10.2%
Black African: 5.8%
Asian Indian: 3.6%
Mixed Other: 1.7%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
Asian Other: 1.2%

70.6%

White British

10.2%

White Other

5.8%

Black African

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01803214100

admin@cockingtonprimary.org.uk

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Old Mill Road

Torquay, South West

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Administrative

URN: 149222
UKPRN: 10090825
Establishment No.: 2006
Trust: CONNECT ACADEMY TRUST

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