Brixham College
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89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.7
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Combe Pafford School
- Pupils on roll
- 239of 244 places
- Free school meals
- 57.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 39
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 17 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Combe Pafford School (URN 113640, until 1 April 2013).
What the data says
Of the 30 pupils who finished Year 11 at Combe Pafford School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Combe Pafford School’s own sixth form (Torbay average 38%), 7% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 5.6 against 46.1 across England and 47.4 in Torbay, with 3% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Torbay and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Combe Pafford School | Torbay | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 30 | 1,655 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 93% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 38% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| — further education college | 7% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 87% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Combe Pafford School | Torbay | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 5.6 | 47.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 3% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 5% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 26% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.22 | 4.13 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 56% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 4.4 | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 7.1 | 52.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 6% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 25 | 64% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 8% |
| English Language | 20 | 51% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| Chemistry | 16 | 41% | 23% | 0% | 47% | 13% |
| Statistics | 11 | 28% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| Art and Design | 9 | 23% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 0% |
| Biology | 1 | 3% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Physics | 1 | 3% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
Where Combe Pafford School is
Other secondary schools in Torbay are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Torbay’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Torbay
Churston Ferrers Grammar School Academy
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96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 71.2
Paignton Academy
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.9
St Cuthbert Mayne School
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
The Spires College
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
Torquay Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,472 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.6
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.