Oasis Academy Skinner Street, Gillingham

Ofsted's report card from its 9 September 2026 inspection grades Oasis Academy Skinner Street 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. "Leaders ensure that children make a positive start to their education in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders know pupils well and understand their needs."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders, at all levels, understand the school's strengths and priorities for further improvement."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have put in place a well-considered programme of learning that supports pupils in their personal development."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, sometimes achieve less securely than they should in national tests, notably in mathematics."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "The attendance of pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, is not as high as it needs to be."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The quality of teaching across the school is variable."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that their attendance strategy is having the intended impact, taking swift action where this is not the case"; "Leaders should ensure that assessment is used effectively to identify and address misconceptions so that pupils achieve positively from their starting points across the curriculum"; "Leaders should ensure that staff have the expertise to develop and deepen pupils' foundational knowledge so that they can achieve more securely, particularly in mathematics".

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils at Oasis Academy Skinner Street reached the expected standard in reading and 55% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Medway and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 55% in reading and 50% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 23 families put Oasis Academy Skinner Street as their first choice and 92 named it as one of their preferences, for 23 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Oasis Academy Skinner Street are Burnt Oak Primary School (0.3 miles); Burnt Oak Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 56% reading, 54% maths); St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 77% reading, 67% maths); and Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 90% reading, 87% maths).

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

Oasis Academy Skinner Street 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.

47% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 44.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (36%), White British (33%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 64 pupils (17.2%) received SEN support and 9 (2.4%) 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.

Oasis Academy Skinner Street had 14 teachers in 2026, one for every 28 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station, about 340 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is James Street Top, 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Oasis Academy Skinner Street stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 799 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Medway (250), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Oasis Academy Skinner Street issued 19 suspensions, 4.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Oasis Academy Skinner Street are Brompton Academy (0.5 miles), Waterfront UTC (0.6 miles), Hospital and Medical Tuition Service (0.7 miles) and The Robert Napier School (1 mile).