Secondary
Orsett Heath Academy
Stanford Road, Grays, RM16 4DG
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 699 of 1200 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
- Local authority
- Thurrock
- Trust
- SOUTH WEST ESSEX COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 25.2
- Pupils per adult
- 13.6
- Pupils
- 342
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
48%
2 points below the Grays average (50% across 7 schools)
47.0
0.8 below the Grays average (47.8 across 7 schools)
4th of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in Grays we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.11 |
| Entered the EBacc | 37% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Stanford Road, Grays, RM16 4DG
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Thurrock admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Sian Rawson
- Address
- Stanford Road, Grays, RM16 4DG
- Telephone
- 01375802800