Secondary
The Spires College
Westlands Lane, Torquay, TQ1 3PE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1154 of 1304 places
- Local authority
- Torbay
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- Westlands School Trust
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2022
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
51%
44.5
3rd of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Torquay we can score - 6 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.88 |
| Entered the EBacc | 27% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.02 |
| A level students | 40 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38% |
| 22/23 | 34% |
| 23/24 | 40% |
| 24/25 | 51% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.8 |
| 22/23 | 28.4 |
| 23/24 | 26.9 |
| 24/25 | 28.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.13 |
| 22/23 | -0.49 |
| 23/24 | -0.15 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.9 |
| 22/23 | 40.8 |
| 23/24 | 43.6 |
| 24/25 | 44.5 |
Westlands Lane, Torquay, TQ1 3PE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Torbay admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Alex Newton
- Address
- Westlands Lane, Torquay, TQ1 3PE
- Telephone
- 01803400660