Graded inspection · Jan 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 | 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 entry560 applications · 171 places offered · 176 named it first
- 2026 3.3; Thurrock median median 2.6
- 2025 3.5; Thurrock median median 2.4
- 2024 3.4; Thurrock median median 2.6
- 2023 3.1; Thurrock median median 2.2
- 2022 3.1; Thurrock median median 2.2
- 2021 2.2; 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 | 171 | 560 | 3.3 | 176 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2025 | 179 | 625 | 3.5 | 192 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 | 179 | 607 | 3.4 | 218 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2023 | 210 | 657 | 3.1 | 278 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2022 | 120 | 366 | 3.1 | 122 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2021 | 114 | 248 | 2.2 | 76 | 0.67 |
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.) | 119 | 49.1 | 58% | 72% | – |
| 2024/25 | 111 | 46.4 | 54% | 78% | – |
| 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
- Thames Park Secondary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.3applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · ThurrockRemains Good20231.8applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · ThurrockRemains Good20242.5applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · ThurrockOutstanding20244.6applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · ThurrockStandards maintained20242.1applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · ThurrockGood20233.7applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Thurrock20262.7applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · KentImproved significantly20243.5applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · KentNot yet inspected2.1applications per place
- 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
- 147853 · 883/4005
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 808 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2020
- Address
- Chadwell Road, Grays, RM17 5FP
- Local authority
- Thurrock
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources