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The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy food hygiene rating

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · Thurrock

The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy holds a 4, meaning hygiene standards at the restaurant are good. It is a solid result, the inspector found nothing serious, though a 5 was just out of reach.

The rating: 4 - Good

The rating dates from 10 March 2026, 4 months ago. Councils typically re-inspect higher-risk businesses every six months to two years, with well-run, low-risk places visited least often, so this is a normal gap.

Address: Better Choice, 4 Grays Shopping Centre, High Street, RM17 6QE

How it compares in Thurrock

In Thurrock, 71% of rated places manage a 5, so The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy sits behind roughly 831 nearby businesses. 20% of the borough shares its 4.

Every rated food business in Thurrock
5 out of 5 831 71%
4 out of 5 227 20% ← The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy
3 out of 5 85 7%
2 out of 5 10 1%
1 out of 5 10 1%
0 out of 5 1 <1%

A further 130 businesses in the area are awaiting inspection or exempt, so are not counted above.

What the inspector found

An inspection scores three things: how food is handled, the physical condition of the premises, and how much the inspector trusts management to keep standards up. At The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy none of the three raised a concern, the overall rating is only ever as strong as its weakest area, so a clean sweep is what produces a high score.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

The closest food businesses to The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy, nearest first, so you can see how it compares to its neighbours.

Business Distance Rating Inspected
Burger King Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen 36 yards away 5 - Very good 19 January 2025
Costa Coffee Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen 36 yards away 5 - Very good 6 July 2025
Boots UK Ltd Retailers - other 37 yards away 5 - Very good 11 June 2026
#Chill And Waves Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen 266 yards away 5 - Very good 26 March 2025
Bluebell Court Residential Home Caring Premises 352 yards away 5 - Very good 8 November 2025
Bluebirds Day Nursery Caring Premises 0.3 miles away 5 - Very good 17 July 2025
Aldi Gmbh And Co Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets 0.3 miles away 5 - Very good 4 January 2025
Belmont Castle Academy School/college/university 0.5 miles away 5 - Very good 3 October 2025

Questions about The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy

What is The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy's food hygiene rating?

The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy has a food hygiene rating of 4 out of 5 (good), given by Thurrock Council on 10 March 2026.

Is The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy safe to eat at?

The rating covers hygiene standards found at inspection, not the food itself. At 4 out of 5, the inspector found hygiene standards at this restaurant to be good, the top end of the scale.

When was The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy last inspected?

The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy was last inspected on 10 March 2026, 4 months ago. Food hygiene inspections are unannounced, and the rating is published by Thurrock Council rather than by the business.

What did the inspector find at The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy?

The inspector scored three areas. Hygienic food handling was rated "good", the cleanliness and condition of the building "generally satisfactory", and confidence in the management of food safety "good". Lower concern in all three is what earns a high overall rating.

How does The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy compare to other places in Thurrock?

71% of the 1,164 rated food businesses in Thurrock hold the top rating of 5, while The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy holds a 4. 227 places in the area share that rating.

Who decides the rating?

Thurrock Council inspects The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy and sets the rating; the Food Standards Agency publishes it. Neither the business nor this site can change a rating, a business that disagrees can appeal to its council, and can request a re-inspection once it has fixed the problems.

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The Sapphire Well-being And Employability Academy is one of 261 rated food businesses in Grays. See every hygiene rating in Grays

Thurrock inspects and rates 1,294 food businesses across its whole area. See every food hygiene rating in Thurrock

The official record is held by the council: http://www.thurrock.gov.uk/food

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