Oasis Academy Brightstowe
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Bristol, City of
Penpole Lane, Bristol, BS11 0EB
48
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 05/11/2024
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
85.5%
39.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
741
Capacity used
Has space78%
945 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
98 of 98 families who put it first got an offer
126
Places offered
167
Total applications
1.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 98 | 98 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 41 | 12 | ● 29% |
| 3rd preference | 28 | 1 | ● 4% |
| Total | 167 | 111 | 66% |
1st preference success by year
Bristol, City of lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Rachel Hopwood
- Address
- Penpole Lane, Shirehampton, Bristol, BS11 0EB
- Phone
- 01173167330
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Ward / constituency
- Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston · Bristol North West
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 135671
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 49% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 12% | — | — |
| SEN support | 19% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING
741 pupils · 945 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
05 November 2024
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 783 pupils
Attendance
85.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
14.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
39.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
10.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
8.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 33.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -1.01 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 19% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 44% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.95 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 38.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 26.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 50.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 22.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.33 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 127 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 128 | 9% | 33% | 55% | |
| English Language | 128 | 13% | 35% | 52% | |
| English Literature | 127 | 14% | 44% | 63% | |
| Combined Science | 113 | 6% | 22% | 40% | |
| History | 81 | 15% | 32% | 43% | |
| Business | 53 | 4% | 30% | 43% | |
| Geography | 48 | 10% | 27% | 46% | |
| Art and Design | 42 | 2% | 7% | 19% | |
| Spanish | 32 | 13% | 38% | 53% | |
| Religious Studies | 16 | 6% | 56% | 75% | |
| Biology | 14 | 29% | 57% | 79% | |
| Physics | 14 | 14% | 57% | 71% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Bristol, City of council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.