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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 31,147 pupils. 52 have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.8 out of 10, and 7 score 8 or above.

7 have a sixth form. 31 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.

Good or better
37
of 41 rated
Average score
5.8
out of 10

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) 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) Chadwell St Mary Primary School Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) West Thurrock Academy Good · ×0.89 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.

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 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 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 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 Orsett Church of England Primary School Grays Orsett Heath Academy Grays · Good Park Academy South Ockendon · Requires improvement Purfleet Primary Academy Purfleet-on-Thames Quarry Hill Academy Grays · Outstanding Shaw Primary Academy South Ockendon · Not judged Somers Heath Primary School South Ockendon 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 Woodside Academy Grays · Good

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Grays 26 schools South Ockendon 11 schools Stanford-le-Hope 11 schools

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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