Oasis Academy South Bank
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Lambeth
75 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7HS
78
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 22/05/2024
Application demand
74%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.3%
15.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
691
Capacity used
Has space91%
760 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
74%
1st preference success rate
93 of 125 families who put it first got an offer
115
Places offered
510
Total applications
4.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 125 | 93 | ● 74% |
| 2nd preference | 144 | 14 | ● 10% |
| 3rd preference | 104 | 5 | ● 5% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 137 | 3 | ● 2% |
| Total | 510 | 115 | 23% |
1st preference success by year
Lambeth lets families list 6 preferences. 264 applications came from outside the council area (56 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Anna Richardson
- Address
- 75 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7HS
- Phone
- 02079214200
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Ward / constituency
- Waterloo & South Bank · Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139659
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 64% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 52% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING
691 pupils · 760 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
22 May 2024
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 617 pupils
Attendance
94.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
15.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 54.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.81 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 62% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 78% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.25 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 34.35 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 54.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 59.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 76.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 90.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.16 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 118 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.82 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 9.1% | 17% |
| A-level students | 56 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 118 | 29% | 59% | 78% | |
| English Language | 118 | 42% | 77% | 88% | |
| English Literature | 118 | 43% | 82% | 90% | |
| History | 65 | 34% | 65% | 77% | |
| Combined Science | 63 | 0% | 29% | 59% | |
| Geography | 58 | 31% | 53% | 71% | |
| Spanish | 56 | 27% | 46% | 63% | |
| French | 55 | 27% | 60% | 67% | |
| Biology | 53 | 32% | 89% | 98% | |
| Physics | 53 | 36% | 91% | 94% | |
| Chemistry | 53 | 36% | 85% | 98% | |
| Religious Studies | 53 | 8% | 60% | 72% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 33 | 15% | 24% | 55% | |
| Psychology | 29 | 0% | 17% | 62% | |
| Economics | 25 | 4% | 12% | 40% | |
| Biology | 22 | 0% | 5% | 27% | |
| Chemistry | 18 | 0% | 28% | 39% | |
| English Literature | 14 | 0% | 0% | 64% | |
| History | 10 | 0% | 10% | 70% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 7 | 43% | 57% | 100% | |
| Physics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 20104: Oasis Academy South Bank
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 74% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 3% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 74% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Lambeth council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.