Oasis Academy Oldham
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Oasis Academy Oldham is a secondary school in Oldham for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 June 2024. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Oasis Academy Oldham catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 56.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Oldham is 42.1%.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at all 8 other Oldham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 172 first-choice applications for 248 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 5th lowest of 14 Oldham secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Oldham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hollins Road, Oldham, OL8 4JZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,415 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 56.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 June 2024
Strengths
- “Over recent years, the school has raised its expectations and ambition for pupils at Oasis Academy Oldham.”
- “Pupils have responded positively to the changes made to the school.”
- “In most subjects, pupils achieve well.”
To improve
- “This sometimes hinders how well teachers support pupils to build a secure body of subject knowledge over time.”
- “Some pupils’ learning is uneven as a result.”
- “In a small number of subjects, teachers do not use assessment strategies consistently well to address pupils’ missed or forgotten learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 172 first-preference applications, 248 offers in total, 172 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Oldham.
- The Hathershaw College 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Failsworth 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Blue Coat CofE School 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Radclyffe School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Leesbrook 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- North Chadderton School 2.4 mi Not judged