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OA - Thurrock

Alternative provisionAges 11–16Academy

Tilbury, RM18 7AX · Thurrock local authority

Tilbury’s School Grade B+ better than 73% of towns in England

How full
69 pupils
130% of its 53 places
Free school meals
59%
59 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about OA - Thurrock

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 69 pupils for 53 places
  • 59% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (RM18 7) sold for a median £285,000; Tilbury’s is £320,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

65 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
84.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
15.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
4.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
70.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 32%Boys 68%
Its letter

No letter for OA - Thurrock

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving), June 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near OA - Thurrock

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in RM18 7, the school’s postcode sector

Tilbury property prices →
£285,000
median sale, 80 sales in 36 months · Tilbury £320,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025RM18 7Tilbury
RM18 7Tilbury

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Semi-detached
£350K
Terraced
£324K
Flat
£200K
RM18 7Tilbury

Homes in RM18 7 sell for a little under Tilbury’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

9 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+B−B+C−CA−B−AAOA - Thurrock
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Tilbury, RM18 7AX

OA - Thurrock: common questions

What is OA - Thurrock’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2024).

How much do houses cost near OA - Thurrock?

Homes in its postcode sector, RM18 7, sold for a median £285,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (80 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Tilbury’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.