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State primary · 5 to 11 · Mixed · 380 pupils

Cockington Primary School

Old Mill Road, Torquay, TQ2 6AP · Torbay
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Ofsted: Good · April 2025(26/30)Fewer first choices than places (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 12,822nd of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(26/30)Rank among 30 Torbay primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
See the Torbay league table →
Inspection
Good, April 2025
Results
46% expected standard; 6% higher standard
Size
380 pupils; 43 places a year; classes of 25
Run by
Connect Academy Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
5 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 0.5, against 2.4 in Torbay.
  • Expected standard: 46%, against 62% in Torbay.
  • Higher standard: 6%, against 8% in Torbay.
  • Persistently absent: 15.0%, against 13.3% in Torbay.
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At a glance

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SourceWhere these figures come from

How it is worked outTorbay and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.

Against Torbay and England
This schoolTorbayEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
46%
Worse than Torbay
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
6%
Worse than Torbay
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
5.2%
In line with Torbay
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
15.0%
Worse than Torbay
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
0.5
Better than Torbay
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
25.3
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
34%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
21.3
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.9
Less sought after than Torbay
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027
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SourceTorbay Council offer-day figures, 2024 to 2026.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.

Torbay Council publishes no last distance offered for this school in the years we hold (2024 to 2026). Check your postcode for the distance from your home.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

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SourceCouncil offer-day figures: Torbay Council, 2024 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Distances are straight lines from the school.
EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception202660—43——
Reception202560—28——
Reception202460—30——

A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Quality

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SourceOfsted · inspected 23 April 2025
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

  • Good
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 46% (England 62%) (county 62%)
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 6% (England 8%) (county 8%)

Results

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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard46%62%62%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard6%8%8%2024/2025

League table place

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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(26/30)
Torbay league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Absence: 5.2% of sessions missed; 15% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 5.8% and 16%
  • Suspensions: 0 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 0 permanent exclusions
  • Classes average 25.3 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30
  • 21.3 pupils for each teacher
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 229 m, rail 655 m
  • 37 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 9 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 5.6 µg/m³, PM2.5 5.5 (1 km square, background level)

Absence

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.

Things to know
  • Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (30-40%), the median of 2238 schools.
YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/255.2%4.0%1.2%15%2.9%
2023/246.6%4.7%1.9%23%1.6%
2022/237.3%4.9%2.3%24%3.0%
Schools with a similar intake5.8%16%

Suspensions and exclusions

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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/250.50.5%20
2023/244.51.1%202
2022/234.12.4%202
Schools with a similar intake1.7

Class sizes and staff

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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size25.32025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher21.3November 2025

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus229
rail655

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 9 serious and 0 fatal in all; 4 involved a pedestrian, 6 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
20257
20244
20236
20226
202114

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO25.62024
PM109.02024
PM255.52024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals34%2025/26
First language other than English28%2025/26
SEN support24%2025/26
Education, health and care plan5.0%2025/26
Girls53%2025/26

Ofsted

Ofsted, April 2025The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood

Inspections

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SourceOfsted, 2025.

DateKindOutcome
23 April 2025Graded inspectionQuality of education: Good

Admissions

Getting in

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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026

  • 38 families put it first for 43 places; every one of them got in
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Applications and offers, DfE

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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2023 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202643386338
Reception202528285128
Reception202430304930
Reception202347457945

Who runs it

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined June 2022
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 31 May 2022

  • Connect Academy Trust, with 9 schools
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 June 2022
  • Replaced Cockington Primary School (URN 140063)
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Schools nearby

Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Primary School0.6 miTorre Church of England Academy0.7 miUpton St James CofE Primary School0.7 miEllacombe Church of England Academy0.8 miCompare side by side →

Nurseries nearby

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SourceOfsted early years register.

Acorns Pre-School0.0 miles
Southernwood Nursery0.4 miles
Holy Angels Pre-School0.6 miles
Rainbow Day Nursery1.2 miles
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Torbay Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

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