Grays Convent High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Thurrock
Unique reference
115239
Address
College Avenue, RM17 5UX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
682 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
22.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.6%
Persistent absence
16.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Mixed 27.2%
White British 18.2%
African 15.5%
Other White 11.6%
Unclassified 6.3%
Indian 5.1%
Bangladeshi 4.5%
Pakistani 4.1%
Caribbean 2.3%
Other Asian 2.2%
Other 2.1%
Irish 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.63
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 70%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.9
Local authority average 3.84
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE26
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE147
English LiteratureGCSE147
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE36
FrenchGCSE100
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Grays Convent High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
123
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
104
2nd preference
50
3rd preference
48
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
99
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
0
150
Year 8
122
0
122
Year 9
122
0
122
Year 10
137
0
137
Year 11
151
0
151
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
85.5%
85.6%
Further education
50.0%
55.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
46.0%
29.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
5.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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