OA - Thurrock
OA - Thurrock is an academy alternative provision sponsor led in Tilbury for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 69 pupils, 16 more than it has places for. About 59 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
Leicester Road, Tilbury, RM18 7AX01708 853781apthurrock.oliveacademies.org.ukMs Anna Timms headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 5 June 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
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 most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (54), Autistic spectrum disorder (10), Specific learning difficulty (3), Moderate learning difficulty (1), Other difficulty or disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 69 | 65 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 63 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 59% | 55% | 48% | 43% | 52% | 51% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 4% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 85% | 50% | 57% | 50% | 35% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 15% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 13% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 26 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 23%, compared with 39% for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 31% | 20% | 45% |
| Education | 19% | 15% | 35% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 0% | 5% |
| Work | 4% | 5% | 5% |
| Not in education, work or training | 31% | 35% | 25% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OA - North View | Independent | 150 m | 0 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Lansdowne Primary Academy | Academy | 530 m | 667 | Report card 2026 | 75 | Compare |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 610 m | 239 | Good 2023 | 89 | Compare |
| Tilbury Pioneer Academy | Academy | 910 m | 456 | Good 2022 | 41 | Compare |
| The Gateway Primary Free School | Free school | 0.6 miles | 459 | No overall grade 2025 | 75 | Compare |
| The Gateway Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 1,030 | Not inspected | 70 | Compare |
| Thameside Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 844 | No overall grade 2024 | 15 | Compare |
| Chadwell St Mary Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 202 | Not inspected | 91 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is OA - Thurrock a good school?
OA - Thurrock doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in June 2024.
What is OA - Thurrock's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated OA - Thurrock good at its last full inspection on 5 June 2024.
How many pupils does OA - Thurrock have?
69 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 53 places, so it is 130% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Leicester Road, Tilbury, RM18 7AX
- Telephone
- 01708 853781
- Website
- apthurrock.oliveacademies.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Ms Anna Timms
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision sponsor led (Academy alternative provision sponsor led, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Olive Academies (6 schools)
- Local authority
- Thurrock
- Ward
- Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park
- Constituency
- Thurrock
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 April 2015 (new provision)
- URN
- 140861 · LAESTAB 8831100 · UKPRN 10045932
- Formerly
- Thurrock Pupil Referral Unit
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.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- 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.