Schools in the Thurrock local authority
Thurrock has 58 schools listed on OfferDay across 9 towns.
39 primary schools · 13 secondary schools · 5 special and alternative provision schools · 1 independent school
About schools in Thurrock
Most of the 58 schools listed in Thurrock are primary schools. Its 13 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Another five schools provide for children with additional needs or alternative provision.
Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 69%
- of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 41 schools with published results
- Key stage 4, 2024/25
- 45.4
- average Attainment 8 score, across the 12 schools with published results
Top schools in Thurrock
Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.
Primary
- 1 Quarry Hill Academy 88%
- 2 Kenningtons Primary Academy 88%
- 3 Chadwell St Mary Primary School 86%
- 4 Dilkes Academy 86%
- 5 Harris Primary Academy Mayflower 85%
- 6 West Thurrock Academy 83%
- 7 Shaw Primary Academy 82%
- 8 Aveley Primary School 81%
Secondary
- 1 Grays Convent High School 55.7
- 2 Harris Academy Chafford Hundred 55.5
- 3 Harris Academy Riverside 47.9
- 4 Harris Academy Ockendon 47.3
- 5 Orsett Heath Academy 47.0
- 6 Thames Park Secondary School 46.4
- 7 The Gateway Academy 46.1
- 8 St Clere's School 43.2
Schools by town
The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Thurrock.
Common questions about schools in Thurrock
- How many schools are in Thurrock?
- OfferDay lists 58 schools in Thurrock, including 39 primary schools and 13 secondary schools.
- Who inspects schools in Thurrock?
- Every school in Thurrock is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
- Which are the best schools in Thurrock?
- OfferDay ranks schools in Thurrock where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
- How many towns are in the Thurrock local authority?
- OfferDay groups the Thurrock schools across nine towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.