Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Thurrock
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry866 applications · 235 places offered · 256 named it first
- 2026 3.7; Thurrock median median 2.6
- 2025 3.1; Thurrock median median 2.4
- 2024 2.6; Thurrock median median 2.6
- 2022 4.2; Thurrock median median 2.2
- 2021 3.7; Thurrock median median 2.1
- 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 | 235 | 866 | 3.7 | 256 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2025 | 237 | 729 | 3.1 | 221 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 196 | 508 | 2.6 | 135 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2022 | 118 | 490 | 4.2 | 131 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2021 | 119 | 438 | 3.7 | 133 | 1.12 |
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.) | 118 | 42.0 | 41% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 113 | 47.0 | 48% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- Orsett Heath AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.7applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · ThurrockRemains Good20242.5applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Thurrock20262.7applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · ThurrockRemains Good20231.8applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · ThurrockStandards maintained20242.1applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · ThurrockGood20233.3applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · ThurrockOutstanding20244.6applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · ThurrockGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · ThurrockOutstanding20242.6applications per place 47.7Attainment 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
- 147847 · 883/4004
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 699 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2020
- Address
- Stanford Road, Grays, RM16 4DG
- Local authority
- Thurrock
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources