The Gateway Primary Free School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · Grays, Thurrock
The Gateway Primary Free School is a primary school in Grays, Thurrock for ages 3–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025.
Key facts
- Address
- Marshfoot Road, Grays, RM16 4LU
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Thurrock
- Pupils on roll
- 459 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “This is a friendly school community where the trust values of ‘All different, all equal together, improving on our best’ are threaded through the whole school day.”
- “Pupils come happily into school, where they feel safe, flourish and achieve well.”
- “They take pride in their work.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects the school does not gather the information it needs about each aspect of the curriculum in order to evaluate what is going well and what needs to improve.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 73% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 41 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 41 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Thurrock.
- Chadwell St Mary Primary School 0.5 mi Improved significantly
- Tilbury Pioneer Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Herringham Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good
- Woodside Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Lansdowne Primary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good
- Thameside Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged
- Little Thurrock Primary School 1.3 mi Good