SCHOOL PROFILE

Grays Convent High School: data, trends and context

Grays Convent High School is a secondary school in Thurrock. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
115239
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Voluntary aided school
Status
Open
Local authority
Thurrock
Region
East of England
Postcode
RM17 5UX
Gender intake
Girls
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
655
FSM eligible
21.5%
EAL / First language other than English
20.9%
SEND (total)
9.6%
SEN Support
8.7%
EHCP
0.92%
White British
13.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
94.5%
Overall absence
5.5%
Persistent absence
13.5%
Severe absence
2.5%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
ThurrockLocal authority92.7%7.3%3.4%
East of EnglandRegion91.5%8.5%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
10.2%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
6.0%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
55.7
English & maths grade 5+
61.3%
English & maths grade 4+
82.5%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Grays Convent High School is a secondary school in Thurrock. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.