Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Thurrock
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 22 February 2022Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry416 applications · 180 places offered · 148 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Thurrock median median 2.6
- 2025 2.3; Thurrock median median 2.4
- 2024 2.6; Thurrock median median 2.6
- 2023 2.2; Thurrock median median 2.2
- 2022 2.2; Thurrock median median 2.2
- 2021 2.1; Thurrock median median 2.1
- 2020 2.6; Thurrock median median 1.9
- 2019 2.1; Thurrock median median 1.7
- 2018 3.4; Thurrock median median 1.8
- This school
- Thurrock median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 180 | 416 | 2.3 | 148 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2025 | 178 | 416 | 2.3 | 147 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2024 | 180 | 465 | 2.6 | 172 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 210 | 464 | 2.2 | 159 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2022 | 180 | 398 | 2.2 | 155 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2021 | 176 | 375 | 2.1 | 148 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2020 | 179 | 467 | 2.6 | 170 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 178 | 377 | 2.1 | 97 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2018 | 116 | 399 | 3.4 | 85 | 0.73 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 190 | 48.1 | 47% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 170 | 47.9 | 45% | 68% | – |
| 2023/24 | 184 | 49.6 | 51% | 71% | +0.23 |
| 2022/23 | 130 | 49.3 | 50% | 67% | −0.06 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Harris Academy RiversideThis schoolThis school20262.3applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · Kent20262.9applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · ThurrockRequires improvement20241.6applications per place 37.6Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · KentGood20233.1applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · ThurrockOutstanding20244.6applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · KentOutstanding20228.8applications per place 78.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.6 km · ThurrockOutstanding20242.6applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · Kent20267.1applications per place 77.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.7 km · HaveringStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144750 · 883/4002
- Trust
- Harris Federation
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,096 pupils · 1,111 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Address
- London Road, Purfleet, RM19 1QY
- Local authority
- Thurrock
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources