[5][6] It opened in September 2020 as a member of the Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust (OCAT) and is a specialist school for digital technology and artificial intelligence.

[7][8] The school was previously located on a temporary site at High Street, Grays, before its relocation to Chadwell Road in September 2022.

Thames Park's creation was to be overseen by the Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust, providing Thurrock places for another 900 students.

The logo's four elements would represent ripples in the River Thames and local parks, green belt areas, industry and agriculture.

In the meantime, the school would temporarily be housed in a building previously used by South Essex College's Grays campus.

[14][15] In August 2020, the Department for Education appointed development company Bowmer and Kirkland to construct the school's permanent site and plans were drafted.

[9] The school opened to its first intake at its temporary site in September 2020 through a ceremony which included a live video-link speech by Angela Smith of Basildon.

[16] The plans for its permanent site were submitted a month later,[17] gaining approval from Thurrock Council in March 2021, with a DfE investment of £22 million.

[18] The school's permanent site began construction in July 2021 and was completed by August 2022, and it opened to students in September of that year.

[1] The senior leadership team controls the school under the oversight of the governing body and consists of the headteacher and his assistant.

[35] The programme has allowed Thames Park to hold a number of workshops and collaborate on multiple projects with fellow OCAT schools.