[2][3] The school was established in 1978, became an academy in 2011 and since 2013 has also been a specialist science and sports college.

It became an academy converter on 1 September 2011[1] and in 2012 formed the St Clere's Co-operative Academy Trust with the nearby East Tilbury Primary School, the first multi-academy trust with co-operative articles of association in the entire country.

[10] After gaining academy status it specialised again as a science and sports College in 2013 and was ranked as "good" by Ofsted in 2014.

[12] St Clere's hosts one of two campuses for the Osborne Sixth Form[13] which has around 200 students studying A-Levels and Level 3 BTECs.

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