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Use our free interactive tool to check whether any Thurrock property falls within primary or secondary school catchment zones. Thurrock is a unitary authority on the Thames estuary that has seen sustained housing growth, particularly around Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock, which keeps pressure on local school places high.
Free interactive map — enter any Grays, Tilbury, Chafford Hundred or Stanford-le-Hope postcode and see exactly which catchment areas it falls within.
Continued development around Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Grays has added a substantial number of families. Catchment distances at schools serving those areas can tighten quickly between admissions rounds, so recent figures are far more reliable than historic ones.
Thurrock Council is the admissions authority for community primary and secondary schools. After looked-after children, EHC-plan holders and siblings, places are normally allocated by straight-line distance from the home address to the school.
Thurrock has a high proportion of academies which act as their own admissions authority. Many Thurrock families also apply to schools in neighbouring Essex, where several selective grammar schools operate their own entrance tests.
Thurrock Council publishes annual admissions information including the furthest distance offered at each oversubscribed school. Search 'Thurrock school admissions' on the Thurrock Council website.
Click "Open Free Tool" above. No registration needed. Works in any browser on desktop or mobile.
Click "Add School" and search by school name or postcode. The tool locates it on the interactive map automatically.
Add the radius from the school's admissions data. You can enter distances in metres for precision.
Use "Check Address" to test any Thurrock address. It will show you exactly how far inside or outside the catchment that property sits.
Our tool works for schools across Thurrock and surrounding areas:
Thurrock measures straight-line distance to the metre. Our tool matches that method.
Particularly important in Thurrock, where new housing can move a catchment boundary within a single year.
Plot up to 5 schools at once, including options across the Essex border.
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Thurrock's own state secondaries are comprehensive, but neighbouring Essex retains a number of selective grammar schools with their own entrance tests. Many Thurrock families apply to both.
Development around Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Grays has added many families in a short period, which can shorten the last distance offered at nearby schools from one year to the next.
Yes. You can name schools in neighbouring authorities on your Thurrock application. Distance from each school still determines your priority.
Search 'Thurrock school admissions' on the Thurrock Council website for the furthest distance offered at each oversubscribed school.
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