Oasis Academy Marksbury Road
General Information
- Address: Marksbury Road, Bedminster, BS3 5JL – View on map
- Phone: 01173126500
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Alex Dart
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 40 families put it first for 30 places – 13 for every 10 places. 73% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 13
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 149
- % eligible for free school meals: 42.0%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Bristol, City of average)
- English as an additional language: 23% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 27% a year (Bristol, City of 18.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 34% moved to another school, 66% 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: 5.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 21.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 31 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 20 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2018 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 75% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 14 percentage points above the Bristol, City of average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 69% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 69%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 78% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 64%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 59 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 14th of 92 junior and primary schools in the area
- =12St Johns Church of England Primary School, Clifton77%
- =12Stoke Bishop Church of England Primary School77%
- =14Oasis Academy Marksbury Road75%
- =14Southville Primary School75%
- =16Ashton Vale Primary School74%
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5th of 60 primary schools in Bristol, City of for Ofsted rating
- #3Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #4Hareclive E-ACT AcademyOutstanding
- #5Oasis Academy Marksbury RoadOutstanding
- #6Air Balloon Hill Primary SchoolGood
- #7Ashley Down Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,102 (2024-25)
65th of 85 primary schools in Bristol, City of for spending per pupil
- #63Whitehall Primary School£6,207
- #64Stoke Bishop Church of England Primary School£6,185
- #65Oasis Academy Marksbury Road£6,102
- #66St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£6,092
- #67West Town Lane Academy£6,086
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