Schools in Thurrock
58 schools in the Thurrock local authority.
Schools
58
Open schools
Pupils
31,239
2025–26 census
Good or better
90%
44 of 49 graded
Academic Performance
5.7
out of 10 · 56 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 8 16%
- Good
- 36 73%
- Requires improvement
- 4 8%
- Inadequate
- 1 2%
6 inspected since 2024, no overall grade7 superseded by a report card3 not judged1 safeguarding not effective
5.7
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 56 of 58 schools that can be scored
Pupils
31,239
pupils on roll
Boys 52%48% Girls
Ethnicity
White
60%Asian
11%Black
17%Mixed
8%Chinese
<1%Any other group
1%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 56 of 58 schools (31,216 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 23.7%
- First language not English
- 24.3%
- Young carers
- <1%
7,383 of 31,216 pupils · 56 of 58 schools
7,572 of 31,216 pupils · 56 of 58 schools
198 of 31,216 pupils · 56 of 58 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 40
- Secondary
- 13
- Special
- 4
- PRU
- 1
Top primary schools in Thurrock
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Quarry Hill AcademyThurrock · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.Dilkes AcademyThurrock · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 3.Harris Primary Academy Chafford HundredThurrock · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 4.Harris Primary Academy MayflowerThurrock · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 5.St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolThurrock · Primary8.9/10Good
- 6.Shaw Primary AcademyThurrock · Primary8.7/10
- 7.Aveley Primary SchoolThurrock · Primary8.6/10Good
- 8.Kenningtons Primary AcademyThurrock · Primary8.5/10
- 9.Chadwell St Mary Primary SchoolThurrock · Primary8.4/10Good
- 10.Somers Heath Primary SchoolThurrock · Primary8.4/10Good
- 11.Warren Primary SchoolThurrock · Primary8.0/10Good
- 12.Woodside AcademyThurrock · Primary8.0/10Good
- 13.Tudor Court Primary SchoolThurrock · Primary7.8/10Good
- 14.Giffards Primary SchoolThurrock · Primary7.7/10Good
- 15.Graham James Primary AcademyThurrock · Primary7.7/10
- 16.Horndon-On-the-Hill CofE Primary SchoolThurrock · Primary7.2/10Good
- 17.Stifford Clays Primary SchoolThurrock · Primary7.1/10Good
- 18.West Thurrock AcademyThurrock · Primary6.9/10Good
- 19.The Gateway Primary Free SchoolThurrock · Primary6.6/10
- 20.Purfleet Primary AcademyThurrock · Primary6.4/10Good
Top secondary schools in Thurrock
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Harris Academy Chafford HundredThurrock · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.Harris Academy Ockendon Thurrock · Secondary9.5/10Outstanding
- 3.Grays Convent High SchoolThurrock · Secondary8.5/10Good
- 4.Harris Academy RiversideThurrock · Secondary6.8/10Good
- 5.Orsett Heath AcademyThurrock · Secondary6.5/10Good
- 6.Thames Park Secondary SchoolThurrock · Secondary6.5/10Good
- 7.The Gateway AcademyThurrock · Secondary6.0/10Good
- 8.St Clere's SchoolThurrock · Secondary3.9/10
- 9.The Hathaway AcademyThurrock · Secondary2.8/10Good
- 10.Mossbourne Port Side AcademyThurrock · Secondary0.6/10Requires improvement
- 11.Mossbourne Fobbing AcademyThurrock · Secondary0.3/10Inadequate
- 12.William Edwards SchoolThurrock · Secondary0.3/10Requires improvement
- 13.Ormiston Park AcademyThurrock · Secondary0.2/10Requires improvement
Browse all 58 schools in Thurrock — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Thurrock
- How many schools are there in Thurrock?
- Thurrock has 58 open schools — 40 primary, 13 secondary, 4 special, teaching 31,239 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Thurrock are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 44 of the 49 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 90% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 8 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 58: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Thurrock?
- 5.7 out of 10, averaged across the 56 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Thurrock schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 9 schools in Thurrock currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Thurrock local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Thurrock covers 58 schools and sits in the East of England region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Thurrock are eligible for free school meals?
- 23.7% — 7,383 of 31,216 pupils at the 56 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the East of England region.