 The school was then incorporated in October 2017 and The Ongar Academy Trust ceased to operate with the Trust for the school being replaced by a local governing body.The Ongar Academy serves a predominantly rural catchment area, including the civil parish of Ongar (comprising the market town of Chipping Ongar, and Shelley, Marden Ash and Greensted) and surrounding villages such as Fyfield, Moreton, High Ongar, Stanford Rivers and Toot Hill.On 2 February 2015 Epping Forest District agreed to allow the purchase of playing fields used by Ongar Leisure Centre by the Department for Education, as part of the Academy.