Oasis Academy Brightstowe

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Requires improvement
Nov 5 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bristol, City of
Unique reference
135671
Address
Penpole Lane, Shirehampton, BS11 0EB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
739 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
54.8%
Girls
45.2%
First language not English
14.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
50.6%
Persistent absence
38.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 71.6%
Other White 9.9%
African 5.5%
Mixed 5.4%
Unclassified 1.9%
Other 1.4%
Indian 1.2%
Other Black 0.8%
Other Asian 0.7%
Caribbean 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 26%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.9
Local authority average 46.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.31
Local authority average 4.09
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award4
Speech & DramaTechnical Award6
Sports StudiesTechnical Award35
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
BiologyGCSE14
Business Studies:SingleGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE127
English LiteratureGCSE127
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Oasis Academy Brightstowe

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
126
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
98
2nd preference
41
3rd preference
28
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
98
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
165
89
76
Year 8
154
86
68
Year 9
144
76
68
Year 10
148
82
66
Year 11
128
72
56
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
63.0%
83.4%
85.5%
Further education
44.0%
30.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
13.0%
40.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
4.0%
12.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
13.0%
2.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
3.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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