Oasis Academy Connaught

Oasis Academy Connaught is a friendly and inclusive primary school where pupils are happy, feel cared for and behave well. Personal development is a real strength: pupils benefit from strong mental health support, a wide range of visits and visitors, and clear teaching about respect, online safety and healthy relationships. Safeguarding is effective, attendance work is relentless and beginning to make a difference, and the trust understands the school well and provides appropriate support and challenge. However, the quality of education, leadership and management, and early years provision require improvement. The curriculum is well designed, but teaching does not routinely help pupils remember and build on prior learning. Staff expertise is uneven, curriculum aims are not consistently understood, and assessment is not precise enough to identify gaps. Pupils with SEND have detailed plans but do not consistently develop detailed knowledge over time because of weaknesses in curriculum implementation. Phonics teaching does not routinely respond to pupils’ needs, and reading beyond phonics does not build incrementally. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it remains part of Oasis Community Learning. The school has made a positive start on improving curriculum implementation, and some subjects show green shoots, but more work is needed before the quality of education is good.

Strengths

• The school is friendly and inclusive, with warm relationships between staff and pupils.
• Pupils are happy, feel safe and know adults will help with any worries.
• New pupils are helped to settle in swiftly.
• Pupils behave well in lessons and around school.
• Pupils take on responsible roles such as anti-bullying champions and playtime helpers.
• The curriculum is well designed and sets out essential knowledge from Nursery to Year 6.
• SEND learning plans are detailed with precise and measurable targets.
• Some subjects show green shoots, including strong geography knowledge in older pupils.
• The school has developed a love of reading and a consistent phonics programme in Reception.
• Personal development provision is carefully considered, far-reaching and a real strength.
• Mental health support is highly valued by pupils and helps them feel ready to learn.
• Visits and visitors broaden pupils’ cultural awareness.
• Pupils understand respect, online safety, consent and healthy relationships.
• Attendance work is relentless and many more pupils now attend regularly.
• The trust has an accurate understanding of the school and provides appropriate challenge and support.
• Staff are supportive of leadership and proud to be part of the school.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum implementation does not routinely help all pupils remember what they have been taught or build on prior learning.
• Not all staff have the expertise to teach the curriculum effectively, including in early years.
• Staff do not have a clear enough understanding of the curriculum’s aims.
• Checks on pupils’ learning are not sufficiently precise or rigorous, so misconceptions and gaps persist.
• Pupils with SEND do not develop detailed knowledge over time because of shortcomings in curriculum implementation.
• Phonics teaching does not routinely respond to pupils’ needs.
• Opportunities to broaden vocabulary and develop oracy are missed.
• Reading beyond phonics does not help pupils build incrementally on what they know.
• Early years provision requires improvement.
• Leadership and management require improvement.

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 Connaught attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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, 0.6% of pupils at Oasis Academy Connaught were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No 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 Connaught had 16.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 17.1% of pupils at Oasis Academy Connaught were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Oasis Academy Connaught received £9,159 and spent £9,014 for each of its 323 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £283,000 (£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.

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

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

What is Oasis Academy Connaught's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oasis Academy Connaught is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Oasis Academy Connaught last inspected by Ofsted?

Oasis Academy Connaught was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Oasis Academy Connaught have?

Oasis Academy Connaught has 310 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oasis Academy Connaught cover?

Oasis Academy Connaught for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Oasis Academy Connaught's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Oasis Academy Connaught?

Oasis Academy Connaught is at Melvin Square, Knowle West, Bristol, BS4 1NH.