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56 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Thurrock has 55 state schools: 39 primary, 13 secondary. Between them they teach around 31,645 pupils. 50 have enough published data for a score, averaging 6.0 out of 10, and 7 score 8 or above.

7 have a sixth form. 30 take children from age three or under. 8 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Grays 26 schools South Ockendon 11 schools Stanford-le-Hope 11 schools
Abbots Hall Primary School Stanford-le-Hope · Not judged Arthur Bugler Primary School Stanford-le-Hope · Good Aveley Primary School South Ockendon · Good Beacon Hill Academy South Ockendon · Outstanding Belmont Castle Academy Grays · Good Benyon Primary School South Ockendon · Good Bonnygate Primary School South Ockendon · Good Bulphan Church of England Academy Bulphan · Good Chadwell St Mary Primary School Grays · Good Deneholm Primary School Grays · Good Dilkes Academy South Ockendon · Outstanding East Tilbury Primary School East Tilbury · Good Giffards Primary School Stanford-le-Hope · Good Graham James Primary Academy Stanford-le-Hope · Not judged Grays Convent High School Grays · Good Harris Academy Chafford Hundred Grays · Outstanding Harris Academy Ockendon South Ockendon · Outstanding Harris Academy Riverside Purfleet · Good Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred Grays · Outstanding Harris Primary Academy Mayflower Chafford Hundred · Outstanding Herringham Primary Academy Grays · Good Holy Cross Catholic Primary School South Ockendon · Good Horndon-On-the-Hill CofE Primary School Stanford-le-Hope · Good Kenningtons Primary Academy South Ockendon · Not judged Lansdowne Primary Academy Tilbury · Good Little Thurrock Primary School Grays · Good Mossbourne Fobbing Academy Stanford-le-Hope · Inadequate Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy Stanford-le-Hope · Good Mossbourne Port Side Academy Stanford-le-Hope · Requires improvement Ormiston Park Academy South Ockendon · Requires improvement Orsett Church of England Primary School Grays · Good Orsett Heath Academy Grays · Good Purfleet Primary Academy Purfleet-on-Thames · Good Quarry Hill Academy Grays · Outstanding Shaw Primary Academy South Ockendon · Not judged Somers Heath Primary School South Ockendon · Good St Clere's School Stanford-le-Hope · Not judged St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Stanford-le-Hope · Requires improvement St Mary's Catholic Primary School Tilbury · Good St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Grays · Good Stanford-Le-Hope Primary School Stanford-le-Hope · Good Stifford Clays Primary School Grays · Good Thames Park Secondary School Grays · Good Thameside Primary School Grays · Not judged The Gateway Academy Grays · Good The Gateway Primary Free School Grays · Not judged The Hathaway Academy Grays · Good The Light Christian School Grays Tilbury Pioneer Academy Tilbury · Good Treetops Free School Grays · Good Treetops School Grays · Outstanding Tudor Court Primary School Grays · Good Warren Primary School Grays · Good West Thurrock Academy Grays · Good William Edwards School Grays · Requires improvement Woodside Academy Grays · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

The Hathaway Academy Good · ×0.51 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Grays Convent High School Good · ×0.6 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Stanford-Le-Hope Primary School Good · ×0.74 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bulphan Church of England Academy Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Benyon Primary School Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Somers Heath Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Harris Academy Riverside Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Horndon-On-the-Hill CofE Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bonnygate Primary School Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Thurrock

Primary schools: Some schools operate a priority catchment area, others rely on pure distance — varies school by school within the LA. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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