Oasis Academy John Williams

Oasis Academy John Williams is performing well overall, maintaining a 'Good' rating across all inspected domains including education quality, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school fosters a positive environment where pupils feel valued and are encouraged to achieve high standards. Relationships between staff, pupils, and families are strong, contributing to a supportive community atmosphere. Although the school has made significant strides in curriculum ambitions and offers various enrichment activities, it faces challenges in ensuring that all pupils deepen their understanding of the content and improve attendance, particularly among disadvantaged and SEND students.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils
• High expectations for pupil achievement
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Encouragement of reading and cultural understanding
• Good behaviour management leading to calm learning environments
• Positive engagement with parents and families

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent opportunities for pupils to deepen their understanding
• Attendance issues, particularly among disadvantaged and SEND pupils

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Oasis Academy John Williams attended 88.6% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 34.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 11.3% of pupils at Oasis Academy John Williams were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Oasis Academy John Williams had 16.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.3% of pupils at Oasis Academy John Williams were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Oasis Academy John Williams received £9,795 and spent £9,056 for each of its 863 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £757,000 (£877 per pupil).

Across all 56 schools of Oasis Community Learning, income was £9,249 and spending £9,031 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

All schools in Bristol · Bristol, City of local authority: places and applications

Oasis Academy John Williams is part of Oasis Community Learning, which runs 57 schools. The nearest others:

• Oasis Academy New Oak Bristol
• Oasis Academy Daventry Road Bristol
• Oasis Academy Connaught Bristol
• Oasis Academy Brislington Bristol
• Oasis Academy Marksbury Road Bedminster
• Oasis Academy Temple Quarter Bristol
• Oasis Academy Brightstowe Bristol
• Oasis Academy Long Cross Bristol
• Oasis Academy Bank Leaze Bristol
• Oasis Academy Warndon Worcester

What is Oasis Academy John Williams's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oasis Academy John Williams is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Oasis Academy John Williams last inspected by Ofsted?

Oasis Academy John Williams was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Oasis Academy John Williams have?

Oasis Academy John Williams has 858 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oasis Academy John Williams cover?

Oasis Academy John Williams for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Oasis Academy John Williams's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.0, and 47% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Oasis Academy John Williams?

Oasis Academy John Williams is at Petherton Road, Hengrove, Bristol, BS14 9BU.