Oasis Academy Brightstowe

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Oasis Academy Brightstowe
OA Brightswoe Logo.png
Address
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Penpole Lane

Bristol
,
BS11 0EB

England
Coordinates51°29′27″N 2°40′11″W / 51.4908°N 2.6698°W / 51.4908; -2.6698Coordinates: 51°29′27″N 2°40′11″W / 51.4908°N 2.6698°W / 51.4908; -2.6698
Information
TypeAcademy
Established2008
TrustOasis Community Learning
Department for Education URN135671 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalAlan Dane
GenderMixed
Age11 to 19
Enrollment811 as of February 2021
Capacity945
HousesMcKinley, Everest, Kilimanjaro, Year 11
Websitewww.oasisacademybrightstowe.org

Oasis Academy Brightstowe is a secondary school with academy status in Bristol, England. It opened in September 2008 in the buildings of the former Portway Community School.

Sponsors[]

Oasis Academy Brightstowe is sponsored by Oasis Community Learning, which is a separate charity, but is part of the Oasis Global family. Oasis UK, a Christian organisation, was founded by Rev Steve Chalke M.B.E. in 1985, and began its work in the UK but now delivers educational, healthcare and housing projects throughout the world.[1] Oasis Community Learning sponsor over fifty other academies across the UK.[2]

Description[]

Oasis Academy Brightstowe is Academy for 11- to 19-year-olds,[3] located in Shirehampton in north Bristol. The Academy opened in September 2008 in the redeveloped buildings of the former Portway School.[4] It has about 800 students. The facilities include an on-site restaurant, sports hall and learning resource centre.

On opening, the school served about 500 11-16 year olds from an area of significant social economic disadvantage. A quarter of students were eligible for free school meals. The vast majority of students are White British and very few speak an ethnic language at home. About a third have special educational needs[5]

Oasis[]

Oasis Academy Brightstowe is part of the Oasis Community Learning group, and evangelical Christian charity [6] Three quarters of the trust’s academies operate in the UK’s most deprived areas, with most rated by Ofsted as failing at the time they were taken over. The trust have guided forty schools out of special measures. 19 per cent of the 52 Oasis academies classified as failing. [7] The trust's founder Reverend Steve Chalke says "Turning round a school is sometimes a quick fix, it really, truly is. And sometimes it’s a really long, hard, hard job". There are two or three persistently troubled schools, with a 50 year history of problems and the trust works with the DFE and Ofsted to address them. [7] This academy has been consistently rated as a 'Good' school. [8]

Oasis has a long term strategy for enhancing the performance of its schools. Firstly it has devised a standard curriculum, that each school can safely adopt knowing it will deliver the National Curriculum. Secondly it has invested in staff training so they are focused on improving the outcomes for the students, and thirdly, through its Horizons scheme it is providing each member of staff and student with a tablet. [9]

Curriculum[]

Virtually all maintained schools and academies follow the National Curriculum, and there success is judged on how well they succeed in delivering a 'broad and balanced curriculum'.[10] Schools endeavour to get all students to achieve the English Baccalaureate qualification- this must include core subjects a modern or ancient foreign language, and either History or Geography.

The academy runs a two year Key Stage 3. Setting, based on Key Stage 2 SATs is employed in the Core Subjects (English, maths, science, humanities and languages), with other subjects being mixed ability.[11]

In the three year Key Stage 4, that is years 9, 10 and 11, there is core subjects with option block system. This is based on choosing the subjects needed for English Baccalaureate, and a good progress 8 benchmark score. [11]

Post 16 provision[]

Students progress to the North Bristol Post 16 Centre which is made up of both Redland Green and Cotham Learning Communities, which offer 45 Level 3 courses and a good selection of Level 2 courses.[11]

Specialism[]

The specialism of the Academy is Mathematics and ICT with Business and Enterprise, and these disciplines are emphasised throughout the curriculum.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "SMSC". Oasis Academy Brightstowe. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. ^ Drabble, Emily (28 July 2013). "From British Airways to headship: leadership lessons from industry". Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Oasis Academy Brightstowe - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Academy plans for Portway school". BBC. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Ofsted Monitoring inspection May 2010". ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Oasis Community Learning, registered charity no. 1109288". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Oasis leader on his vision for country's first secure school". Schools Week. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  8. ^ Ofsted Communications Team, Team (8 October 2020). "Oasis Academy Brightstowe". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Oasis Horizons - Oasis Academy Brightstowe". www.oasisacademybrightstowe.org. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  10. ^ Roberts, Nerys. "The school curriculum in England Parliamentary Briefing Paper" (PDF). parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Curriculum Overview - Oasis Academy Brightstowe". www.oasisacademybrightstowe.org. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Standing out for educational excellence". Education Business. Retrieved 15 November 2015.


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