The Hathaway Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Grays, Thurrock·RM17 5LL
Composite score
51.4
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#2,365
National rank
#262
In East of England
#8
In Thurrock
Top 74%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
41.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
37%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
57%
% EBacc grade 5+
16%
EBacc average points score
3.60

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
56 first choices, 110 places
First choices per place
0.51
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
269
any preference, for 110 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.2520220.4120230.4020240.5420250.512026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Thurrock does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for The Hathaway Academy. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
608
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
26.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,952
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
88%
177 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
84%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

The Hathaway Academy at a glance

Located in Grays, Thurrock, The Hathaway Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 608 pupils aged 11 to 16. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 41.1, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 1.0 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

37% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 57% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 96% of the families who made The Hathaway Academy their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 88% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 17.9 pupils per teacher. The Hathaway Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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