Living in Stanford-le-Hope with children
Stanford-le-Hope, Thurrock. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 29,527 people in 11,771 households; 30.8% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
11 schools: 8 state primary, 3 state secondaryStanford-le-Hope on the schools map →Every school in Stanford-le-Hope, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (8)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giffards Primary School | School remains Good | Top 29% (11/39) in Thurrock | — |
| Graham James Primary Academy | Good | (24/39) in Thurrock | — |
| Abbots Hall Primary School | Good | (25/39) in Thurrock | — |
| Stanford-Le-Hope Primary School | Good | (31/39) in Thurrock | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Requires improvement | (32/39) in Thurrock | — |
| Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy | School remains Good | (34/39) in Thurrock | — |
| Horndon-On-the-Hill CofE Primary School | Good | (35/39) in Thurrock | — |
| Arthur Bugler Primary School | Standards maintained | (36/39) in Thurrock | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mossbourne Fobbing Academy | Inadequate | (7/13) in Thurrock | — |
| St Clere's School | Good | (9/13) in Thurrock | — |
| Mossbourne Port Side Academy | Requires improvement | (10/13) in Thurrock | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (29 detached, 170 semi-detached, 103 terraced, 39 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Stanford-le-Hope. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Stanford-le-Hope →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 86% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 98%, on average across the 734 postcodes in SS17. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 1 outstanding; 4 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 7 in Thurrock.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Thurrock
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Thurrock.
Every date, and reminders →Nearby towns
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