The Gateway Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Thurrock
Marshfoot Road, Grays, RM16 4LU
64
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
86%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.5%
23.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,030
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,035 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
86%
1st preference success rate
189 of 221 families who put it first got an offer
205
Places offered
456
Total applications
2.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 221 | 189 | ● 86% |
| 2nd preference | 71 | 11 | ● 15% |
| 3rd preference | 60 | 3 | ● 5% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 104 | 2 | ● 2% |
| Total | 456 | 205 | 45% |
1st preference success by year
Thurrock lets families list 6 preferences. 4 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Grainne McLaughlin
- Address
- Marshfoot Road, Grays, RM16 4LU
- Phone
- 01375489000
- Local authority
- Thurrock
- Ward / constituency
- Chadwell St Mary · Thurrock
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 133114
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 42% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 25% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: GATEWAY LEARNING COMMUNITY
1,030 pupils · 1,035 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
11 December 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,082 pupils
Attendance
92.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
23.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 44.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.07 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 47% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 68% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.62 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 48.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 64.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 10.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.78 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 197 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 195 | 25% | 53% | 68% | |
| English Language | 195 | 17% | 54% | 68% | |
| English Literature | 195 | 16% | 57% | 71% | |
| Combined Science | 132 | 2% | 30% | 47% | |
| Statistics | 125 | 0% | 14% | 38% | |
| History | 102 | 26% | 51% | 61% | |
| Business | 81 | 25% | 51% | 63% | |
| Biology | 62 | 40% | 92% | 94% | |
| Physics | 62 | 27% | 74% | 90% | |
| Chemistry | 62 | 37% | 81% | 94% | |
| Spanish | 52 | 23% | 62% | 69% | |
| Geography | 48 | 6% | 42% | 52% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Thurrock council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.