Oasis Academy South Bank

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 22 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lambeth
Unique reference
139659
Address
75 Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7HS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
709 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
54.3%
Girls
45.7%
First language not English
51.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
62.9%
Persistent absence
15.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.0%
Pupil ethnicities
African 34.6%
Unclassified 10%
White British 9.7%
Mixed 9.5%
Other 8.7%
Other White 8.6%
Caribbean 6.8%
Other Black 4.1%
Bangladeshi 3.4%
Chinese 2%
Other Asian 1.6%
Indian 0.6%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 91%
Local authority average 49%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.3
Local authority average 45.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.14
Local authority average 4.09
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE53
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE118
English LiteratureGCSE118
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE18
FrenchGCSE55
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Oasis Academy South Bank

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
115
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
125
2nd preference
144
3rd preference
104
From another Local Authority
264
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
93
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
56
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 classes22.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
118
63
55
Year 8
119
64
55
Year 9
119
69
50
Year 10
116
67
49
Year 11
119
66
53
Year 12
61
30
31
Year 13
57
26
31
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
89.2%
85.5%
Further education
28.0%
27.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
58.0%
52.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
6.0%
8.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
4.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
86.0%
71.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
44.0%
23.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
1.3%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022