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Grays Convent High School
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–16 · Voluntary aided
College Avenue, Grays RM17 5UX · graysconvent.school · 01375 376173
On the mapSearch near RM17 5UX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 55.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Thurrock 45.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 655
- 35 over 620 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Thurrock
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 21.6%
- First language not English
- 20.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 82 families put the school first and 137 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 137 | 82 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 123 | 97 | 0.8 | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 123 | 104 | 0.8 | 95% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 146 | 98 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 109 | 72 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 55.7, and 61.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Thurrock it was 45.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲55.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲61.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲82.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲87.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.21 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 43.3 | −2.3 |
| Sixth form college | 1.3 | — |
| Further education | 52 | +2.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.7 | −0.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2 | +0.4 |
| Activity not captured | 0.7 | −0.1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 11 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Grays Convent High School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 10 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (48 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 48
- 7% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied