OA - Thurrock
Special / other · Tilbury · RM18 7AX
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 5 June 2024
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69 pupils · 100% of 53 capacity
- School type
- Academy alternative provision sponsor led
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 59.4% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4.6% of pupils
- SEN support
- 84.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 15.4% of pupils
- URN
- 140861
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
76% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 18% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 4 June 2024: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- 4 December 2018: Good
- 3 July 2018: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 20 March 2018: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 10 October 2017: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 10 January 2017: Inadequate
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.