Secondary school

Grays Convent High School

  • Voluntary Aided School
  • ages 11–16
  • Girls
  • Roman Catholic
  • Thurrock
  • RM17 5UX
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jun 2013

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 433 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 14%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 23%23%2016/17: top 34%2017/18: top 16%2018/19: top 22%2021/22: top 18%2022/23: top 17%2023/24: top 15%2024/25: top 14%No exams

Against East of EnglandArrows: East of England rank change since 2018/19

Attainment 855.7 · East of England 45.99/10 Top 20%
Grade 5+ English and maths61.3% · East of England 44.9%9/10 Top 20%
EBacc point score5.21 · East of England 4.019/10 Top 20%
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.76 · East of England −0.0210/10 Top 10%−5.1 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 54.4 · 126 pupils · East of England 50.52016/17: 48.9 · 114 pupils · East of England 46.22017/18: 53.9 · 85 pupils · East of England 46.32018/19: 52.4 · 121 pupils · East of England 46.32021/22: 56.2 · 125 pupils · East of England 48.82022/23: 54 · 124 pupils · East of England 46.22023/24: 55.3 · 150 pupils · East of England 45.62024/25: 55.7 · 137 pupils · East of England 45.8556.248.9No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 53% · 114 pupils · East of England 41%2017/18: 58% · 85 pupils · East of England 41%2018/19: 44% · 121 pupils · East of England 40%2021/22: 65% · 125 pupils · East of England 49%2022/23: 56% · 124 pupils · East of England 43%2023/24: 56% · 150 pupils · East of England 43.9%2024/25: 61.3% · 137 pupils · East of England 44.9%65%44%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
82 of 82 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st8282
2nd5716
3rd388

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Outstanding
  2. 2013Good
  3. 2017Ungraded visit
  4. 2023Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026655
Free school meals (past 6 years)21.3%
First language not English22.5%
SEN support8.0%
EHC plan1.4%
Absence (sessions missed)5.5%
Persistently absent pupils13.5%

Girls 100%Boys 0%

105.6% full · 620 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.7
Pupils per adult12.2
  • Classroom teachers 35.6
  • Leadership 6.2
  • Teaching assistants 5.6
  • Other support 19.6

Teachers 41.8 FTE · Whole workforce 67 · 83 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£7,773
Spend per pupil£8,237
Staff spend per pupil£6,627
Reserve per pupil−£867
  • −£568,756revenue reserve
  • −£304,268in-year balance

Grants £7,643 · self-generated £169 · premises £377 per pupil

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

150 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained97.3%
  • Education96.7%
  • Apprenticeship0.7%
  • Employment0%
  • Not sustained2%
  • Unknown0.7%