Grays Convent High School
Voluntary aided school · 655 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.7
Academy sponsor led
The Gateway Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,030of 1,035 places
- Free school meals
- 41.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 197
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 11 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Gateway Community College (URN 134112).
What the data says
The Gateway Academy has no sixth form. Of the 197 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 58% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 63% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.1 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Thurrock, with 48% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, The Gateway Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | The Gateway Academy | Thurrock | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 197 | 2,177 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 23% | 30% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 58% | 52% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Gateway Academy | Thurrock | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.1 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 10% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.78 | 3.98 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 39% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.1 | 35.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 51.1 | 48.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 26% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 195 | 99% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 71% |
| Mathematics | 195 | 99% | 88% | 25% | 22% | 68% |
| English Language | 195 | 99% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 132 | 67% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 47% |
| Statistics | 125 | 63% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| History | 102 | 52% | 41% | 26% | 26% | 61% |
| Business Studies | 81 | 41% | 18% | 25% | 20% | 63% |
| Biology | 62 | 31% | 23% | 40% | 45% | 94% |
| Physics | 62 | 31% | 23% | 27% | 46% | 90% |
| Chemistry | 62 | 31% | 23% | 37% | 47% | 94% |
| Spanish | 52 | 26% | 19% | 23% | 27% | 69% |
| Geography | 48 | 24% | 41% | 6% | 25% | 52% |
| Psychology | 40 | 20% | 3% | 20% | 22% | 83% |
| Computer Science | 28 | 14% | 13% | 14% | 30% | 64% |
| Art and Design | 24 | 12% | 7% | 29% | 24% | 83% |
| Photography | 21 | 11% | 6% | 24% | 19% | 95% |
| Design and Technology | 19 | 10% | 11% | 21% | 23% | 89% |
| Physical Education | 15 | 8% | 11% | 20% | 24% | 87% |
| Russian | 5 | 3% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 27 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 25 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 19 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 15 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 15 | — | — |
| Art and Design | 10 | — | — |
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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.