Oasis Academy Foundry

Oasis Academy Foundry is performing exceptionally well overall, demonstrating outstanding quality in education, behaviour, attitudes, personal development, and leadership. The school creates a nurturing environment where diversity is celebrated, and students exhibit strong relationships and a commitment to community values. With significant improvements noted since the last inspection, the school's curriculum is both ambitious and inclusive, ensuring that all pupils, including those with special educational needs, thrive academically and personally. However, the early years provision is rated good rather than outstanding, indicating some room for further enhancement in this area.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education across all key areas.
• Positive relationships foster a strong school community.
• Highly ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Strong emphasis on reading and vocabulary development.
• Skilled integration of technology in learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years provision needs improvement in fostering sustained verbal communication.

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 Foundry attended 92.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.3% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Oasis Academy Foundry 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 Foundry had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 50.0% 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, 13.3% of pupils at Oasis Academy Foundry were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 Foundry received £8,607 and spent £8,695 for each of its 212 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £186,000 (£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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All schools in Birmingham · Birmingham local authority: places and applications

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

• Oasis Academy Benson Birmingham
• Oasis Academy Boulton Birmingham
• Oasis Academy Wattville Birmingham
• Oasis Academy Woodview Birmingham
• Oasis Academy Short Heath Birmingham
• Oasis Academy Hobmoor Birmingham
• Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior Birmingham
• Oasis Academy Blakenhale Infants Birmingham
• Oasis Academy Warndon Worcester
• Oasis Academy Don Valley Sheffield

What is Oasis Academy Foundry's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oasis Academy Foundry is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Oasis Academy Foundry last inspected by Ofsted?

Oasis Academy Foundry was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Oasis Academy Foundry have?

Oasis Academy Foundry has 211 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oasis Academy Foundry cover?

Oasis Academy Foundry for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Oasis Academy Foundry?

Oasis Academy Foundry is at Foundry Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B18 4LP.