Torbay Tutors

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Know anyone who would like to see classes hard at work, outstanding teaching in practice, and maybe a bit of friendly rivalry in PE?
If so, we’re hosting our next school tour on Wednesday 11 March.
Places are limited but can be booked via our website or the QR code below.

National Allocation Day!

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Happy New Year to all our students, staff, parents, school supporters and local community.

We are celebrating this year's successes.

Not only did our students get the best GCSE and A-Level results in Torbay but we were awarded The Times and Sunday Times Parent Power school league tables Highly Commended State Secondary School of the Year 2026!!

An amazing achievement all round, so congratulations to our hardworking students and staff and everyone involved in making Churston the successful, happy school it is.

Here's to a fantastic 2026!!

It’s so important to read for vocabulary and comprehension!

Sophie Winkleman: Children love books until they get a phone

Sophie Winkleman: Children love books until they get a phone The Peep Show actress with royal connections says she ‘failed spectacularly’ with her own daughter — now she’s backing our Get Britain Reading campaign

You may have heard of ‘the million-word gap’. It is the idea that if you read five picture books a day to a young child, they will enter kindergarten with exposure to about 1.4 million more words than kids who were never read to.

Let’s extrapolate that out. What if you keep reading to kids for years after kindergarten? What if they read a book a fortnight themselves in primary school? A novel a month in high school?

It won’t just be words they learn. They will develop comprehension skills, internalise grammar, learn new facts, and explore new ideas.

They will visit other worlds in their imaginations and learn that other people live different lives but may feel the same way they do.

All that reading will help your child build a better brain and a warmer heart. ♥️

Results are due very soon! According to TBGS it will be via email after 12pm on Wednesday 15th October. It will doubtless be the same for the other schools. 🤞

Did anyone see this on Jamie Oliver’s current series?
I once tutored someone whose mum made her eat blueberries everyday leading up to the 11+ - she passed!!

A handful of blueberries a day could help improve brain function New research from King’s Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine has found that eating a handful of wild blueberries daily has health benefits, including lowered blood pressure, faster reaction time, and improved memory and brain cognition.

Good luck to everyone starting at their new school this week!

*** Important! If you haven’t already done it, the deadlines for registering at your chosen school are very close. You need to go to the website of the school where you want your child to sit the 11+ and register.

Torquay Boys: Midday Wednesday 16th July (preferable) absolute deadline midday Tuesday 2nd September: https://www.tbgs.co.uk/join-us/apply-to-join-us/

Torquay Girls: Midday Wednesday 16th July (preferable) absolute deadline midday Tuesday 2nd September: https://www.tggsacademy.org/tggsadmissionstest

Churston Ferrers: Midday Wednesday 16th July (preferable) absolute deadline midday Tuesday 2nd September: https://churstongrammar.com/information/admissions/

Spires College: Midday Wednesday 16th July (preferable) absolute deadline midday Tuesday 2nd September: https://www.thespirescollege.com/page/?title=11%2B+Information&pid=120

11+ Information Torbay is an area with a Selective Grammar School system: parents can choose for their child to take the ‘11+’ test if they wish for them to apply for a place at one of the selective schools in the area. The Spires College is one of very few schools in the country with bilateral streams, which...