The Gateway Primary Free School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

ThurrockLocal Authority

ThurrockConstituency

RM16 4LUPostcode

6.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

The Gateway Primary Free School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Thurrock, East of England.

It currently serves 459 pupils. The Gateway Primary Free School is part of Gateway Learning Community.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 69%
Higher standard: 9%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

63%

Asian

13%

Black

11%

Mixed

11%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

459

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

35%

England average

27%

First language not English

25%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 459
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Gateway Learning Community

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
9 Mar 2025	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
15 Jul 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.