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St Cuthbert Mayne School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Voluntary aided

Trumlands Road, Torquay TQ1 4RN · st-cuthbertmayne.co.uk · 01803 328725

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
39.7
average Attainment 8 score. Torbay 47.4, England 46
Demand for places
0.4
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,001
90% of 1,115 places
Local authority
Torbay
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
41.1%
First language not English
15.5%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 75 families put the school first and 189 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 78 (Places 208)78September 2023: 67 (Places 162)67September 2024: 55 (Places 191)55September 2025: 72 (Places 194)72September 2026: 75 (Places 189)75Places 189
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026189750.4100%
September 2025Sept 2025194720.4100%
September 2024Sept 2024191550.3100%
September 2023Sept 2023162670.499%
September 2022Sept 2022208780.4100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.7, and 26.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Torbay it was 47.4, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (28.9 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 44.5 (England 46.3)44.52017/18: 39.4 (England 46.5)39.42018/19: 36.8 (England 46.7)36.82021/22: 36.9 (England 48.8)36.92022/23: 36.8 (England 46.3)36.82023/24: 37.3 (England 45.9)37.32024/25: 39.7 (England 46.0)39.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼39.746.0
▼26.2%45.4%
▼51.0%64.8%
▼15.4%40.5%
▼3.324.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form28.7−8.3
Further education54.6+11.4
Apprenticeship1.1−0.8
Employment2.3−1.4
Not in a lasting destination8−1.9
Activity not captured5.2+2.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 25.7 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 21.4 (England 31.1)D2017/18: 26.7 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 27.6 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 30.6 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 27.2 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 26.0 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 28.9 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
25 studentsC (28.9)Average +0.03
26 studentsC (28.8)Average +0.02
43 studentsDist (34.3)Above average +0.28
40%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2429C- (26)-0.05
2022/2333C- (27.2)—
2021/2230C (30.6)—
2018/1934C- (27.6)-0.28
2017/1871C- (26.7)+0.01
2016/1753D (21.4)+0.01
2015/1687C- (25.7)+0.06

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University24−9.3
Further and other education8+5.6
Further education2—
Other education6—
Apprenticeship6−1.1
Employment38+4.7
Not in a lasting destination20+3.3
Activity not captured4−3.1

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected St Cuthbert Mayne School on 23 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
23 Apr 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2023

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2023Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2016Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Sept 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (103 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
81%
Replies
103
10% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼82% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼84% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼77% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●86% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●86% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼77% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲88% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●93% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼88% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development●80% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly●79% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 81% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲58% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 48% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼62% agreeEngland 67%

based on 26 parents (25%) with SEND

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