The Light Christian School
The Light Christian School is an independent school in Grays for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 23 pupils and room for 80.
Suite 1, Queensgate Centre, Orsett Road, Grays, RM17 5DF01375 271017thelight-school.orgMr Afolabi Joseph headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Thurrock council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Park Secondary School | Free school | 440 m | 808 | Good 2023 | 41 | Compare |
| Quarry Hill Academy | Academy | 610 m | 501 | Outstanding 2022 | 99 | Compare |
| Grays Convent High School | Roman Catholic | 660 m | 655 | Good 2023 | 86 | Compare |
| Belmont Castle Academy | Academy | 980 m | 691 | Report card 2026 | 66 | Compare |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School | Academy | 980 m | 530 | Good 2023 | 63 | Compare |
| Thameside Primary School | Academy | 990 m | 844 | No overall grade 2024 | 15 | Compare |
| The Hathaway Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 586 | Good 2024 | 35 | Compare |
| Little Thurrock Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 639 | Good 2023 | 32 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Light Christian School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Light Christian School yet.
How many pupils does The Light Christian School have?
23 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 80 places, so it is 29% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Suite 1, Queensgate Centre, Orsett Road, Grays, RM17 5DF
- Telephone
- 01375 271017
- Website
- thelight-school.org
- Headteacher
- Mr Afolabi Joseph
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 3-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Thurrock
- Ward
- Grays Riverside
- Constituency
- Thurrock
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 10 February 2025 (new provision)
- URN
- 151319 · LAESTAB 8836004
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.