Warren Primary School, Grays

From the headteacher's welcome: "On behalf of the staff, children and governors, we would like to welcome you to our school. We have enthusiastic, talented and hardworking children, who are supported in their learning by an outstanding staff team, dedicated governors and very supportive parents and carers."

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils at Warren Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 82% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 81% in Thurrock and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (80% in reading, 85% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 56 families put Warren Primary School as their first choice and 162 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Warren Primary School are Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 79% reading, 88% maths); Harris Primary Academy Mayflower (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 85% reading, 93% maths); Tudor Court Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 83% reading, 83% maths); and Belmont Castle Academy (0.9 miles, Good, 84% reading, 82% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Warren Primary School.

Warren Primary School is one of 12 schools run by Osborne Co-Operative Academy Trust, an academy trust.

7.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 47 pupils (10.6%) received SEN support and 33 (7.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Warren Primary School has a resourced provision for hearing impairment: 18 places, 15 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Chafford Hundred Rail Station, about 590 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Warren School (westbound), 40 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Warren Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 322 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Thurrock (163), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Warren Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Warren Primary School are Harris Academy Chafford Hundred (0.5 miles), The Hathaway Academy (1.5 miles), Thames Park Secondary School (1.6 miles) and Grays Convent High School (1.6 miles).