OPA6 Develop Community Links
OPA6 Develop Community Links Some of our 6th Formers were invited to meet with Paul Macey. Paul works with Thurrock CVS as part of the Councils Strong Together project. His work is called Asset Based...
View ArticleOfsted Inspection April 2015
“Standards of achievement are rising” at Ormiston Park In Ormiston Park’s latest Ofsted report, due to be published tomorrow, inspectors have noted the significant progress that has been made at the...
View ArticlePE & Sports Award
PE & Sport Awards To celebrate the hard work, commitment and effort of students in their PE and Sport lessons, students were rewarded in their last lesson of the half term by selecting their chosen...
View ArticleTeam Tree Triumph
TEAM TREE TRIUMPH On Friday 12th June, Tutor Year Group 9 had a Challenge to see who could make a paper tree out of newspaper. Each group were given newspaper and had to watch a video with instructions...
View ArticleOrmiston Park Press Release
Performers College in Corringham welcomed 20 Performing Arts pupils from Ormiston Park Academy to a taster day this week, giving them an insight into the world of dance and musical theatre. They...
View ArticleBTEC Level 3 Business Students raise over £350 for Great Ormond Street...
BTEC Level 3 Business Students raise over £350 for Great Ormond Street Hospital !! As part of their BTEC level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Business students at OPA have to organise and manage a business...
View ArticleIT’S A BULLEYE FOR 9.3
IT’S A BULLEYE FOR 9.3 The latest tutor challenge tasked each class with scoring points on a bullseye style target. Each team had to use straws to blow small paper balls into the centre of a giant...
View ArticleOPA visits Mayor of Thurrock
OPA visits Mayor of Thurrock Twelve students from the S4S team were selected to represent OPA for a visit to the Mayor’s Parlour and Chambers. All students were a credit to the Academy and really...
View ArticleStudents share their experiences
At our recent Open Evening for prospective Y7 students, our current students prepared a speech to present to all of our visitors. Here we share their full experiences: “Good evening, the five years...
View ArticleOPA6 Open Evening
Recruiting Year 12 students for September 2016 Open Evening Tuesday 20th October 6:00pm-8:00pm Session 1: 6:00pm arrival for Director of Sixth Form’s address at 6:15pm Session 2: 7:00pm arrival...
View ArticleMP Visit
MP struck by ‘fantastic environment’ on academy visit Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price has pledged her support to Ormiston Park Academy after visiting students and staff at the academy yesterday. She...
View ArticleOPA Away-Day at Birmingham NEC Skills Show
OPA Away-Day at Birmingham NEC Skills Show Students attend UK’s leading skills and career day! Excitement rippled through the swelling crowds of students at Ormiston Park Academy as students from...
View Article‘OPA Warriors’ impress at ‘First Lego League – Trash Trek Challenge’.
Medal-worthy performance from Ormiston Park Academy It was a day of excitement and innovation as OPA’s team of eager participants took part in the ‘Trash Trek Challenge’ at Ford Dunton Technical...
View ArticleOPA Festive Fever
Aveley residents rave about Ormiston Park Academy’s Christmas fayre. Local residents revelled in festive fun at Ormiston Park Academy’s annual Christmas Fayre. This year the celebrations were bigger...
View ArticleBrilliant With A Capital B!
Brilliant with a capital B! Ormiston Park Academy’s own university challenge! There couldn’t be a more fitting accolade to describe the achievements of students of Ormiston Park Academy and the work...
View ArticleOPA Gives A Helping Hand
The students of Ormiston Park Academy were out and about in the community again recently, this time giving a helping hand to the Aveley Village Community Forum. Reaching out and engaging with the...
View ArticleAspirations Soar For OPA’s Young ‘Graduates’
Spirits were high as Ormiston Park Academy’s Year 8 students attended a formal certification ceremony at the University of East Anglia (UEA), scooping up ‘distinctions’ for Brilliant Club essays on...
View ArticleMaking Art, History
OPA’s budding artists inspired at Museum of Natural History Ormiston Park Academy’s year 9 and 10 students were venturing out again, this time to the Museum of Natural History. With Diplodocus or...
View ArticleOPA Local Hero
Year 11 student turned life-saver! A Year 11 student from Ormiston Park Academy, Part of the Ormiston Academies Trust, saved a man’s life recently on the bustling Shaftesbury Avenue, a hectic area of...
View ArticleFrom Page to Stage
Student enrichment in the West-End Students of Ormiston Park Academy were delighted as they took to the stalls of the Gielgud Theatre, in London’s Shaftesbury Avenue. They had every reason to feel...
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