A summary of the school place allocations for this secondary school.
DfES No: 4000
This is the summary of the school place allocations for Torquay Academy on the published offer dates.
| Type of place/offer | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Admission number | 264 |
| Total number of preferences for places | 593 |
| First preferences considered | 354 |
| First preferences offered (percentage offered) | 246 (69.49%) |
| Second preferences considered | 170 |
| Second preferences offered (percentage offered) | 16 (9.41%) |
| Third preferences considered | 69 |
| Third preferences offered (percentage offered) | 2 (2.9%) |
These are admissions criteria for this school in descending order of priority. This table shows the number of places offered for each one.
| Criterion | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the Academy. | 14 |
| Looked after children and children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to adoption, a child arrangements order, or a special guardianship order including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside England and ceased to be in state care because of being adopted. | 9 (1 of the 9 also has an EHCP) |
| Students qualifying for a place in the Football Academy | 8 |
| Students qualifying for a place in the Performing Arts Academy | 8 |
| Children of staff at the school where directly employed for two or more years and/or recruited to fill a vacant post where there is a demonstrable skill shortage | 6 |
| Children who will have a sibling on roll at the Academy at the time of application | 90 |
| Other children living in the designated area served by the Academy | 130 |
| Other children living outside the designated area | 0 |
| Children allocated to the closest suitable school to the home address that has a place available, where the preferred school(s) cannot be allocated. | 0 |
| Total | 264 |
On national offer day this school had the following number of places still available:
| Year | Places still available |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 |