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Best primary schools in Thurrock

39 of 40 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Thurrock schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Kenningtons Primary Academy South Ockendon 88.0% Not judged about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Quarry Hill Academy Grays 88.0% Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Chadwell St Mary Primary School Grays hidden gem 86.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Dilkes Academy South Ockendon 86.0% Outstanding oversubscribed 1.45 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Harris Primary Academy Mayflower Chafford Hundred 85.0% Outstanding about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 West Thurrock Academy Grays hidden gem 83.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Shaw Primary Academy South Ockendon 82.0% Not judged about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Aveley Primary School South Ockendon 81.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Somers Heath Primary School South Ockendon hidden gem 81.0% Good undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Benyon Primary School South Ockendon hidden gem 80.0% Good undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Giffards Primary School Stanford-le-Hope 78.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred Grays 76.0% Outstanding improving about even 1.09 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Lansdowne Primary Academy Tilbury 74.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 The Gateway Primary Free School Grays 73.0% Not judged about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Tudor Court Primary School Grays 73.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Woodside Academy Grays hidden gem 73.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Holy Cross Catholic Primary School South Ockendon 70.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Tilbury 70.0% Good oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Belmont Castle Academy Grays 69.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Orsett Church of England Primary School Grays 69.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Warren Primary School Grays 69.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Herringham Primary Academy Grays 68.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Tilbury Pioneer Academy Tilbury 68.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Graham James Primary Academy Stanford-le-Hope 67.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Abbots Hall Primary School Stanford-le-Hope 66.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.5 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Grays 66.0% Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Stifford Clays Primary School Grays 66.0% Good oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Purfleet Primary Academy Purfleet-on-Thames 65.0% Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Little Thurrock Primary School Grays 64.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Deneholm Primary School Grays 63.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Stanford-Le-Hope Primary School Stanford-le-Hope hidden gem 62.0% Good improving undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Stanford-le-Hope 61.0% Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.5 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 Bonnygate Primary School South Ockendon hidden gem 60.0% Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy Stanford-le-Hope hidden gem 60.0% Good improving undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 Horndon-On-the-Hill CofE Primary School Stanford-le-Hope hidden gem 59.0% Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 Arthur Bugler Primary School Stanford-le-Hope 58.0% Good about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 Bulphan Church of England Academy Bulphan hidden gem 57.0% Good improving undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 East Tilbury Primary School East Tilbury 56.0% Good improving about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
39 Thameside Primary School Grays 45.0% Not judged about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Thurrock

1 further primary school with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Thurrock, not a fairer one.

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