# Park Academy

Park Academy is a secondary school in Thurrock, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 594 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E135960. [Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 594
- Council: Thurrock
- URN: 135960

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), May 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 21 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
- Personal development: Requires improvement
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Park Academy was 37.6, against 45.9 in Thurrock and 46.2 in England.
25.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Thurrock | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 37.6 | 45.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25.7% | 46% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 44.8% | 65.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 105 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Kenningtons Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kenningtons-primary-academy-e138735): 350 m. Primary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Aveley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/aveley-primary-school-e146818): 870 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2023. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Dilkes Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dilkes-academy-e139104): 1.3 km. Primary. Outstanding (overall), April 2023. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Somers Heath Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/somers-heath-primary-school-e144448): 1.6 km. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Beacon Hill Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beacon-hill-academy-e138736): 1.7 km. Special. Standards maintained, February 2025
- [Harris Academy Ockendon](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harris-academy-ockendon-e147537): 1.8 km. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 47.7 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/135960)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/135960)

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