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Oasis Academy South Bank[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 57 56.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
56.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
68.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
23.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.81 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 54.6[6] 59.3%[6]
2023/24 54.3[4] 61.6%[4] +0.81[4]
2022/23 51.2[7] 61%[7] +0.55[7]
2021/22 50.3[8] 61%[8] +0.43[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
9.1% 2024/25[3]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[9] 16.1%[9]
2022/23 C+[10] 15.3%[10]
2021/22 B[11] 24.6%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form
58% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college
6% 2022/23[12]
Further education college
28% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[12]
Employment
1% 2022/23[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[13] 61%[13] 3%[13] 25%[13] 1%[13] 2%[13]
2020/21 97%[14] 56%[14] 2%[14] 32%[14] 3%[14] 3%[14]
2019/20 97%[15] 63%[15] 2%[15] 32%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2018/19 91%[16] 53%[16] 15%[16] 11%[16] 2%[16] 6%[16]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[17]
Education
75% 2022/23[17]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[17]
Employment
11% 2022/23[17]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[18] 74%[18] 3%[18] 16%[18]
2020/21 91%[19] 75%[19] 5%[19] 11%[19]
2019/20 71%[20] 67%[20] 0%[20] 4%[20]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
86% 2021/22[21]
Top third of most selective universities
44% 2021/22[21]
Russell Group universities
34% 2019/20[22]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 2019/20[22]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 84%[23] 45%[23]
2019/20 81%[22] 34%[22] 34%[22] 2%[22]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
22 May 2024[24]
Type
S5 Inspection[24]
Report published
9 Jul 2024[24]
Personal development
Outstanding[24]
Quality of education
Outstanding[24]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[24]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[24]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[24]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[24]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[24]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.9 Entry Sept 2026[25]
Applications (any preference)
563 Entry Sept 2026[25]
First preferences
153 Entry Sept 2026[25]
Places offered
116 Entry Sept 2026[25]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[25]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 510[25] 125[25] 115[25] 4.4[25] 1.1[25]
Entry Sept 2024 549[25] 144[25] 114[25] 4.8[25] 1.3[25]
Entry Sept 2023 608[25] 171[25] 117[25] 5.2[25] 1.5[25]
Entry Sept 2022 762[25] 223[25] 118[25] 6.5[25] 1.9[25]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
760[1]
Trust
OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING[1]
Local authority
Lambeth[1]
Website
http://www.oasisacademysouthbank.org/[1]
District
Lambeth[26]
Postcode
SE1 7HS[1]
URN
139659[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
709 2024/25[27]
English as an additional language
51.9% 2024/25[27]
SEN support
12% 2024/25[27]
EHC plan
4% 2024/25[27]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
68% 2024/25[27]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
19%[28]
Mixed
9.1%[28]
Asian
7.2%[28]
Black
50.8%[28]
Any other ethnic group
9.7%[28]
Unclassified
4.2%[28]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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