Hathaway Academy

The Hathaway Academy, formerly the Grays School Media Arts College (TGSMAC or Grays School), is a coeducational, non-selective secondary school with academy status that is located in Grays, Essex, England.[14] It is currently part of the Academy Transformation Trust.[15] A school has existed on the Hathaway Road site since 1931, when the John Henry Burrows Central Council School moved from nearby Bridge Road. The school became a secondary technical in 1945 and a comprehensive school in 1971.[16] In 1993, it was given grant-maintained status and was renamed the Grays School.[17] In 2004, it specialised and became the Grays School Media Arts College,[18] which closed in June 2013 with the subsequent opening of the current academy-status school.[19] The academy school has since retained TGSMAC's specialisms, which are digital media and performing arts.[4]

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The Hathaway Academy
Address
Hathaway Road Grays , Essex , RM17 5LL England
Coordinates	51.4890°N 0.3279°E / 51.4890; 0.3279
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Inspire, Aspire, Achieve[1][2][3]
Established	1925; 99 years ago (1925)
Local authority	Thurrock Council
Specialist	Arts (digital media and performing arts)[4]
Department for Education URN	139578 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chairman	Stephen Sweeting[5]
Executive Principal	Garry Trott [6][7]
Principal	Fatima Rodrigues[8]
Vice Principal(s)	Vivolyn Walker Jenny Rose
Staff	71[9]
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	782 as of November 2021[update][10]
Capacity	900 to 1000[11][12]
Houses	Purpose   Engagement   Self-Worth
Colour(s)	Azure, blue and white
Publication	Hathaway Herald[13]
Trust	Academy Transformation Trust
Website	http://hathawayacademy.attrust.org.uk/

Since 2015, the school has held an OFSTED rating of "good";[20] from 2009 it was rated "satisfactory/requires improvement", and between 2007 and 2009, it was rated "special measures".[21] The pupil demography is mostly White British, with a large Eastern European population.[22] Around 30% of the pupils speak English as an additional language, a higher proportion than the national average. As of 2021, 64.2% of pupils were boys and 35.8% were girls, and there were 782 pupils on the roll.[23]