Oasis Academy Long Cross
General Information
- Address: Long Cross, Lawrence Weston, Bristol, BS11 0LP – View on map
- Phone: 01179030333
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Karen Sheppard
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 53 families put it first for 55 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 55 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 263
- % eligible for free school meals: 65.4%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (similar to the Bristol, City of average)
- English as an additional language: 22% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 26.2% a year (Bristol, City of 18.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 27% moved to another school, 73% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Bristol, City of: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Bristol, City of, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 7.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 21.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia)Hearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilityOther needs 50 places · 50 pupils at the last count
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia)Hearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilityOther needs 50 places · 50 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 13.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 51 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 25 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 12 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 32 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 15 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 12 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card January 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
- Achievement Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
- Early years Needs attention
- Leadership and governance Expected standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 47% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 14 percentage points below the Bristol, City of average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 48% against an expected 46%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 48%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 55% · Writing 55% · Maths 56% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 64%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 100
- Based on: 55 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 74th of 92 junior and primary schools in the area
- =71Waycroft Academy48%
- =74Fonthill Primary Academy47%
- =74Oasis Academy Long Cross47%
- =74Redfield Educate Together Primary Academy47%
- =74Shirehampton Primary School47%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,447 (2024-25)
10th of 85 primary schools in Bristol, City of for spending per pupil
- #8May Park Primary School£8,874
- #9Evergreen Primary Academy£8,514
- #10Oasis Academy Long Cross£8,447
- #11Holy Cross RC Primary School£8,424
- #12St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School£8,393
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