East Tilbury Primary School

East Tilbury Primary School is performing well, maintaining the standards set in its previous inspection. The school has a strong leadership team and a nurturing environment where pupils feel happy, valued, and included. The curriculum is ambitious and engaging, promoting high expectations and encouraging pupils to take pride in their work. While there are notable successes, particularly in behavior and support for pupils with additional needs, some subjects have not yet reached the school's aspirational targets for student achievement, especially in mathematics and early reading assessments.

Strengths

• Ambitious and engaging curriculum
• High expectations for pupil behavior
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs
• Well-organized early years provision
• Wide range of enrichment experiences for pupils
• Motivated pupils who take pride in their work

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils underachieve in mathematics and early reading assessments
• Recent improvements in phonics assessment are not yet fully embedded

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at East Tilbury Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.4% of pupils at East Tilbury Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 East Tilbury Primary School had 21.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.2% of pupils at East Tilbury Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 1 pupil.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 East Tilbury Primary School received £7,187 and spent £6,912 for each of its 655 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £594,000 (£907 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of Osborne Co-Operative Academy Trust, income was £7,718 and spending £7,773 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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East Tilbury Primary School is part of Osborne Co-Operative Academy Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• St Clere's School Stanford-Le-Hope
• Stanford-Le-Hope Primary School Stanford-Le-Hope
• Arthur Bugler Primary School Stanford-Le-Hope
• Horndon-On-the-Hill CofE Primary School Stanford-Le-Hope
• Little Thurrock Primary School Grays
• Thameside Primary School Grays
• Thames Park Secondary School Grays
• Warren Primary School Grays
• Bonnygate Primary School South Ockendon
• Brentwood County High School Brentwood

What is East Tilbury Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for East Tilbury Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was East Tilbury Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

East Tilbury Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does East Tilbury Primary School have?

East Tilbury Primary School has 649 pupils on roll.

What age range does East Tilbury Primary School cover?

East Tilbury Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are East Tilbury Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is East Tilbury Primary School?

East Tilbury Primary School is at Princess Margaret Road, East Tilbury, Essex, RM18 8SB.