Oasis Academy Broadoak, Ashton-under-Lyne

Ofsted's report card from its 24 February 2026 inspection grades Oasis Academy Broadoak on 7 areas: 4 expected standard and 3 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Expected standard. "Children gain a positive foundation to their education."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that pupils' needs are identified early and acted on by staff."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have suitable knowledge of the quality of education that the school provides."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils benefit from leaders' programme of wider activities to develop their personal skills."

Achievement - Needs attention. "In key stage 1, some pupils do not develop the essential spelling and handwriting skills that they need."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "The number of pupils with higher levels of absence reduced from above average to close to average in 2025."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Some teaching of the core skills of spelling and handwriting in key stage 1 moves to more complex tasks too quickly."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff sharpen their focus on enabling pupils to secure their core knowledge of spelling and handwriting in key stage 1 so that they are fully ready for the next stage of their education"; "Leaders should make certain that, through the school's personal development programme and consistently effective wider support from staff, pupils meet the school's high expectations for behaviour"; "Leaders should ensure that the rate of persistent absence reduces over time so that all pupils can fully benefit from the school's curriculum and teaching"; "Leaders should strengthen their oversight of the school's work to inform further improvement actions so that pupils, including those in the early years, achieve as highly as possible across the curriculum".

In its own words: "Being part of the Oasis family of Academies, the overarching vision of our Academy is to provide 'Exceptional Education at the Heart of the Community'. We want to ensure that all of our young people, whatever their starting points or background, get the education they deserve - and they deserve nothing less than exceptional."

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Oasis Academy Broadoak children receive an excellent all round education and have the opportunity to develop the skills they need to be able to achieve to the best of their ability and to fulfill their wonderful potential."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include swimming and art.

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils at Oasis Academy Broadoak reached the expected standard in reading and 68% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Tameside and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 66% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 28 families put Oasis Academy Broadoak as their first choice and 58 named it as one of their preferences, for 31 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Oasis Academy Broadoak are Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 63% reading, 53% maths); St Christopher's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.5 miles); Holden Clough Primary School (0.6 miles, 91% reading, 92% maths); and Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne (0.6 miles, Good, 71% reading, 71% maths).

Oasis Academy Broadoak's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Oasis Academy Broadoak is one of 58 schools run by Oasis Community Learning, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

25 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Oasis Academy Broadoak (as of April 2026): 76% would recommend the school, 80% say their child is happy there and 13% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (80%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (13%).

65.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 31% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (57%), Asian (25%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 99 pupils (23.6%) received SEN support and 31 (7.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Ashton-under-Lyne Rail Station, about 1190 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Laburnum Avenue (opposite), 120 metres away.

In 2024/25, Oasis Academy Broadoak issued 9 suspensions, 2.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Oasis Academy Broadoak are Dixons Ashton Academy (0.4 miles) and St Damian's RC Science College (0.8 miles).