Oasis Academy Marksbury Road
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Bedminster, Bristol, City of
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.69 miles
Published by Bristol City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road is a primary school in Bedminster, Bristol, City of for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 18 December 2024. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.69 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.69 miles, about the same as in 2020, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 40 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 1.3 first choices per offer, the 8th highest of 93 Bristol primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, 29 offers went to first-choice families and 11 first-choice families (28%) were not offered a place; 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bristol, City of schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Marksbury Road, Bedminster, BS3 5JL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bristol, City of
- Pupils on roll
- 355 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 18 December 2024
Strengths
- “This is a happy and welcoming school that lies at the heart of the community it serves.”
- “Pupils describe it as a ‘diverse place’ where everyone from a range of backgrounds get along together.”
- “They understand that staff expect them to work hard and do their best.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the checks that teachers make are not used well enough to identify gaps or to inform future learning.”
- “This hampers the progress that some pupils make across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 75% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 40 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bristol, City of.
- Victoria Park Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Connaught 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary Redcliffe Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parson Street Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Compass Point Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- School of Christ The King Catholic Primary 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Knowle Park Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holy Cross RC Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
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