Harris Academy Chafford Hundred
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,435 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.5
Voluntary aided school
Grays Convent High School
- Pupils on roll
- 655of 620 places
- Free school meals
- 21.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 137
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 11 May 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Grays Convent High School has no sixth form. Of the 124 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 2% moved to a sixth form college, 39% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 55.7 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Thurrock, with 61% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 37% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Thurrock and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Grays Convent High School | Thurrock | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 124 | 2,177 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 98% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 94% | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 53% | 30% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 2% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 39% | 52% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Grays Convent High School | Thurrock | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 55.7 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 61% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 83% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 88% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.21 | 3.98 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 16% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 54.9 | 35.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 55.9 | 48.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 29% | 18% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 136 | 99% | 88% | 24% | 22% | 85% |
| English Literature | 136 | 99% | 86% | 29% | 21% | 90% |
| English Language | 136 | 99% | 89% | 22% | 20% | 81% |
| Religious Studies | 133 | 97% | 31% | 43% | 32% | 86% |
| Combined Science | 103 | 75% | 65% | 17% | 9% | 73% |
| French | 100 | 73% | 18% | 18% | 29% | 74% |
| History | 92 | 67% | 41% | 32% | 26% | 76% |
| Geography | 66 | 48% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 83% |
| Media Studies | 51 | 37% | 4% | 39% | 20% | 94% |
| Drama | 37 | 27% | 7% | 24% | 27% | 86% |
| Computer Science | 34 | 25% | 13% | 15% | 30% | 53% |
| Chemistry | 33 | 24% | 23% | 70% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 33 | 24% | 23% | 52% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 33 | 24% | 23% | 45% | 45% | 100% |
| Photography | 27 | 20% | 6% | 11% | 19% | 93% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 26 | 19% | 8% | 31% | 21% | 65% |
| Spanish | 22 | 16% | 19% | 32% | 27% | 86% |
| Design and Technology | 19 | 14% | 11% | 63% | 23% | 95% |
| Physical Education | 12 | 9% | 11% | 33% | 24% | 83% |
| Fine Art | 11 | 8% | 9% | 64% | 28% | 100% |
| Textiles | 10 | 7% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 80% |
| Music | 6 | 4% | 5% | 17% | 33% | 83% |
| Punjabi | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 6 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Thurrock
Harris Academy Ockendon
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,440 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.3
Harris Academy Riverside
Free schools · sixth form · 1,111 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.9
Mossbourne Fobbing Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 859 pupils
79% stayed in education
Mossbourne Port Side Academy
Academy converter · 443 pupils
78% stayed in education
Ormiston Park Academy
Academy sponsor led · 594 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.5
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.