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Oasis Academy Benson

Primary Ages 3-11 271 pupils Birmingham
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Oasis Academy Benson is an academy sponsor led in Birmingham for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 271 pupils on roll. Attendance is a concern: pupils missed 11% of sessions in 2024/25 (the national figure for primary schools is 5.2%), and 31% of pupils were persistently absent. About 46% of its places were empty in 2024/25, far more than at most primary schools, so a place should be easier to come by.

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Benson Road
Hockley
Birmingham
West Midlands
B18 5TD
Phone 01215544913
Reference Number 150692

General Makeup

Number of pupils 271
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.87%
Girls: 46.13%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 56.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 70.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 18 6 24
2 18 10 28
3 27 15 42
4 25 16 41
5 24 31 55
6 18 24 42

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Pakistani 30.3%
African 13.7%
Caribbean 11.4%
Indian 7.4%
White, Other 3.3%
Mixed, Other 3.3%
White, British 2.2%
Unclassified 1.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 17 1
Third Preference 23 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Oasis Academy Benson had 294 pupils for 540 places. 246 places (45.6%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “P20” planning area

Birmingham counted 393 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 426 in 2029–30, up 8%.

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 Benson attended 89.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 31.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 5.1%
Unauthorised absence 5.9%
Severely absent pupils 3.2%

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, 2.6% of pupils at Oasis Academy Benson were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.6
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Benson had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 9.4
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 11.4% of pupils at Oasis Academy Benson were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 17 7
No specialist assessment of need 5 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 1
Moderate learning difficulty 1 1
Physical disability 2 0
Vision impairment 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Social, emotional and mental health 1 0

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.

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

How many pupils does Oasis Academy Benson have?

Oasis Academy Benson has 271 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oasis Academy Benson cover?

Oasis Academy Benson for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Oasis Academy Benson?

Oasis Academy Benson is at Benson Road, Hockley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B18 5TD.

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