Oasis Academy Short Heath

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Birmingham·B23 5JP
Composite score
62.4
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#3,321
National rank
#301
In West Midlands
#58
In Birmingham
Top 22%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
30 first choices, 33 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
84
any preference, for 33 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120220.9220230.9620240.9620250.912026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Oasis Academy Short Heath first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
453
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
51.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,505
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Oasis Academy Short Heath at a glance

Located in Birmingham, Oasis Academy Short Heath is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 453 pupils aged 3 to 11. 78% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 22% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Oasis Academy Short Heath their first choice was offered one of its 33 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 21.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 52% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Oasis Academy Short Heath does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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