Oasis Academy John Williams

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Petherton Road
Hengrove
Bristol
BS14 9BU
Phone 01275894680
Reference Number 135663

Description

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Oasis Academy John Williams is a secondary school with academy status, situated in the Hengrove district of Bristol, England. Established in September 2008, it operates under the umbrella of Oasis Community Learning. The academy's curriculum focuses on the EBACC (English Baccalaureate), with a core curriculum including Maths, English, Science, Spanish, and either History or Geography. Spanish is the taught Modern Language. Triple Science is available by invitation only. As of 2016, the school educates students aged 11 to 16 and has an enrollment of 847 with a capacity of 1010. The school's color scheme is purple. The academy serves a socioeconomically deprived area, with a significant majority of students coming from the Filwood ward and approximately one-third being eligible for free school meals, receiving pupil premium. Historically, the school was known as Hengrove Community Arts College and then Oasis Academy Bristol before taking its current name. Oasis Academy John Williams has been rated as 'Good' by Ofsted since 2013, and despite not running a Key Stage 5 (sixth form) program, it continues to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 867
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.33%
Girls: 51.67%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
7 184
8 173
9 182
10 165
11 163
12 0
13 0

Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-11-09
Date Description Report
2023-09-12 School inspection: School inspection:
2017-09-19 Short inspection Short inspection
2013-01-29 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-02-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-01-27 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education
Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
39.6 Upgrade Upgrade

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 31% Upgrade Upgrade
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 50% Upgrade Upgrade

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
-0.54 Upgrade Upgrade

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

GCSE Results

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 189 13
Third Preference 113 2
From another Local Authority 13 0

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