Oasis Academy Leesbrook

Free schools·Secondary school Oldham·OL4 5JE
Composite score
51.9
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#2,299
National rank
#289
In North West
#10
In Oldham
Top 72%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
41.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
34%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
56%
% EBacc grade 5+
9%
EBacc average points score
3.78

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
99%
156 first choices, 252 places
First choices per place
0.62
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
310
any preference, for 252 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Oasis Academy Leesbrook yet. Oldham does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,254
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
48.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
51.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
34.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.4
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,181
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
87%
145 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
87%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Oasis Academy Leesbrook is a secondary school serving Oldham, classified by the DfE as a free school. It has 1,254 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Oasis Academy Leesbrook 'Good'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 41.5 — below the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

34% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 56% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 99% of the families who made Oasis Academy Leesbrook their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 87% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.9%. There are about 17.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% 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. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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