Oasis Academy Marksbury Road, Bedminster
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Bedminster, part of Oasis Community Learning. It was rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in July 2018. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in December 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 30th-highest of the 93 schools in Bristol, City of with published results, and 5,545th of 14,452 across England. For 2026 entry it had 1.3 first-choice applications for every place. It was 88% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- In line with England
- Ofsted
- Outstanding (2018)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Bristol, City of (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road in detail
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road in its own words
In its own words: "Oasis Academy Marksbury Road is driven by a powerful ethos which aspires to treat everyone inclusively and recognises the importance of a holistic approach to education."
From the headteacher's welcome: "I would like to welcome you to Oasis Academy Marksbury Road - our mighty academy of very precious staff and children. As the Principal it is a true privilege to be leading this academy, with the most dedicated team of professionals supporting me. Together we are united with the unwavering belief that all of our children can and will succeed!"
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, gymnastics, dance, drama and sewing.
The school runs after-school care, from £7 per session.
Coming up: an open day on Monday 9 November 2026 at 9.30am and an open day on Friday 8 January 2027 at 9.30am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Bristol, City of
Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils at Oasis Academy Marksbury Road reached the expected standard in reading and 83% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Bristol, City of; and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 67% in reading and 63% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Oasis Academy Marksbury Road
For September 2026 entry, 40 families put Oasis Academy Marksbury Road as their first choice and 90 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 11 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Oasis Academy Marksbury Road
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Oasis Academy Marksbury Road are Victoria Park Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 71% reading, 75% maths); Oasis Academy Connaught (0.5 miles, Good, 64% reading, 64% maths); St Mary Redcliffe Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 61% reading, 59% maths); and Parson Street Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 64% reading, 64% maths).
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.
Victoria Park Primary SchoolOasis Academy ConnaughtSt Mary Redcliffe Church of England Primary SchoolParson Street Primary School
The trust
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road 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.
What parents say
33 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Oasis Academy Marksbury Road (as of September 2025): 88% would recommend the school, 91% say their child is happy there and 60% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that the school supports their child's wider development (94%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (60%).
Who goes there
42% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bedminster Rail Station, about 710 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
22 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Marksbury Road (w-bound), 70 metres away.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Oasis Academy Marksbury Road issued 6 suspensions, 1.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Oasis Academy Marksbury Road are Oasis Academy Daventry Road (0.4 miles), Oasis Academy Temple Quarter (0.8 miles) and St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School (0.9 miles).
Oasis Academy Daventry RoadOasis Academy Temple QuarterSt Mary Redcliffe and Temple School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from July 2018, 8 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: Standards have been maintained.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's December 2024 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
This school excels at creating an inclusive, welcoming environment where all pupils feel safe and cared for. Teachers provide a rich, well-planned curriculum that helps pupils build knowledge and skills securely over time, with particular strength in supporting children with additional needs. The school goes beyond academics to develop pupils' character, teaching them about safety, British values and helping their community.
Key Strengths
- Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, ensuring they can access the full curriculum
- Excellent behaviour and attitudes to learning across the school, creating a calm and purposeful atmosphere
- Well-designed and ambitious curriculum with particular strength in mathematics and reading
- Effective phonics teaching following additional staff training and support
- Impressive personal development provision preparing pupils well for life in modern Britain
Areas for Improvement
- In some subjects, teachers are not using checks of pupil understanding effectively enough to identify gaps in knowledge and inform future teaching
Safeguarding
The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with staff listening and supporting pupils with any problems or concerns that may arise.
Extracurricular Activities
Football clubs, musical concerts, residential trips, pupil parliament, early years helpers, mini police
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road is a happy and welcoming primary school at the heart of its community where pupils from diverse backgrounds get along well together. The school has effectively maintained the high standards it was previously judged outstanding for, with pupils achieving well and being well-prepared for secondary school.
At a Glance
42.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
33 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 67% to 78% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 63% to 83% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 78% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
27.3
Avg class size
26.2
Infant (KS1)
28.0
KS2
13
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Oasis Academy Marksbury Road
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Oasis Academy Marksbury Road.
- Progressive Kids Marksbury RoadAt the school · Not yet graded
- Moose340m away · Not yet graded
- Shine @ Victoria Park340m away · Not yet graded
- Future Stars Coaching at St Mary Redcliffe Primary School880m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Bristol, City of's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Oasis Academy Marksbury Road from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Oasis Academy Marksbury Road is in Bristol, City of; for families living there:
- Bristol, City of's school travel policy: Home to school travel policy
- How to apply: Apply online for home school travel support
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 27
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 27 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 24 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Bristol, City of is 27 (the median across 175 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
88%
Available places
368 pupils
420 places
52 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Bedminster
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Bedminster
Across Bristol, City of council
Places available
5,210
Applications
4,287
Got 1st preference
92.0%
Got preferred school
99.1%
All primary applications across Bristol, City of council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(2)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
75
SEN Support
19
EHC Plans
26.5%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
355
Total Pupils
187
Boys
168
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
19
Teachers
18.7:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£46,324
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,731
Per pupil
£2431k
Total funding
£200k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.8%
Overall absence
16.6%
Persistent absence
350
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road
Questions parents ask about Oasis Academy Marksbury Road
What are SATs results like at Oasis Academy Marksbury Road?
Of the pupils at Oasis Academy Marksbury Road who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 78% reached the expected standard in reading and 83% did so in maths.
What is Oasis Academy Marksbury Road's Ofsted rating?
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road's most recent Ofsted inspection, in December 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in July 2018, it was rated Outstanding.
What is the catchment area for Oasis Academy Marksbury Road?
No fixed boundary. When Oasis Academy Marksbury Road is oversubscribed, Bristol, City of allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Oasis Academy Marksbury Road?
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road was not full in 2025: it ran at 88% of its 420 places.
How big are the classes at Oasis Academy Marksbury Road?
Classes at Oasis Academy Marksbury Road average 27.3 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Oasis Academy Marksbury Road?
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road has around 355 pupils on roll. 42% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Oasis Academy Marksbury Road?
5.8% of sessions were missed at Oasis Academy Marksbury Road in 2024/25. 16.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Oasis Academy Marksbury Road?
Apply through Bristol, City of's coordinated admissions process, naming Oasis Academy Marksbury Road on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Oasis Academy Marksbury Road have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Progressive Kids Marksbury Road (registered, not yet graded). There are 3 more within a kilometre. The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Oasis Academy Marksbury Road?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 27 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 24 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Bristol, City of is 27 (the median across 175 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Oasis Academy Marksbury Road?
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road is at Marksbury Road, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 5JL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)