Grays Convent High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Girls · Thurrock
College Avenue, Grays, RM17 5UX
79
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
95%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.5%
13.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
655
Capacity used
Over capacity106%
620 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
95%
1st preference success rate
92 of 97 families who put it first got an offer
123
Places offered
252
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 97 | 92 | ● 95% |
| 2nd preference | 60 | 21 | ● 35% |
| 3rd preference | 36 | 7 | ● 19% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 59 | 3 | ● 5% |
| Total | 252 | 123 | 49% |
1st preference success by year
Thurrock lets families list 6 preferences. 7 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Andrew Bull
- Address
- College Avenue, Grays, RM17 5UX
- Phone
- 01375376173
- Local authority
- Thurrock
- Ward / constituency
- Grays Town · Thurrock
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 115239
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 22% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 23% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
655 pupils · 620 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
11 May 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 680 pupils
Attendance
94.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
13.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 55.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.76 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 56% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 76% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.02 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 61.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 82.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 87.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.21 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 137 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.