Primary schools in Grays
16 primary schools in Grays, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Grays in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 16 schools in Grays first 954 times for 942 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Thurrock authority's 39 schools. 3 of the 16 had more first choices than places.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Quarry Hill Academy
- Deneholm Primary School
- Herringham Primary Academy
- Little Thurrock Primary School
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
- Stifford Clays Primary School
- Thameside Primary School
- The Gateway Primary Free School
- Tudor Court Primary School
- Warren Primary School
- West Thurrock Academy
- Woodside Academy
- Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred
- Chadwell St Mary Primary School
- Belmont Castle Academy
- Orsett Church of England Primary School
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Browse by authority: Thurrock · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.