William Edwards School
Stifford Clays Road, Stifford Clays, Grays, RM16 3NJ
Local ranking7th of 13 secondary schools in Thurrock
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 42.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.8%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.9%
- Entering EBacc
- 42.1%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6
- Cohort Size
- 233
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1105
- Boys
- 618 (56%)
- Girls
- 487 (44%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (92% full)
- SEND
- 16.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.7%
- EAL
- 8.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 13.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 74.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,796/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.0%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.6%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 56.1%
- White Other: 10.6%
- Other: 10.6%
- Asian Indian: 4.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.6%
- Black Caribbean: 3.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
56.1%
White British
10.6%
White Other
10.6%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137214
- UKPRN
- 10034834
- Establishment No.
- 5438
- Trust
- SOUTH WEST ESSEX COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED