William Edwards School
Stifford Clays Road, Stifford Clays, Grays, RM16 3NJ
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 984 (557 boys, 427 girls)
- Capacity: 1200
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 22.4%
- Telephone: 01375486000
- Ofsted: Requires improvement (7 Nov 2023); report card, no overall grade (inspected 10 Mar 2026)
- Attainment 8: 41.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 429 applications, 159 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Thurrock
- Stifford Clays Primary School (0.4 miles, straight line)
- Deneholm Primary School (0.7 miles, straight line)
- Orsett Heath Academy (1 miles, straight line)
- The Hathaway Academy (1 miles, straight line)
- Tudor Court Primary School (1.1 miles, straight line)
- Little Thurrock Primary School (1.2 miles, straight line)
