Oasis Academy Leesbrook
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Oldham, OL4 5JE
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Waterhead Academy
Huddersfield Road, Oldham, OL4 3NY
Local ranking10th of 11 secondary schools in Oldham
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 14 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 34.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 22.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 39.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 42.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 259
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 947
- Boys
- 463 (49%)
- Girls
- 484 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (63% full)
- SEND
- 22.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 51.5%
- EAL
- 42.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 20.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,614/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 42.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 26.9%
- Black African: 8.5%
- White Other: 4.3%
- Asian Other: 4.1%
- Other: 2.4%
- Black Other: 1.7%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.6%
42.2%
White British
26.9%
Asian Pakistani
8.5%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Huddersfield Road
Oldham, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 144508
- UKPRN
- 10063182
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- SOUTH PENNINE ACADEMIES
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