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Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademy589 pupilsNurseryCroydon
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredThere isn't enough published data yet. To get a score, a school needs results or an inspection plus at least one other figure.
Strong pass in English and maths32%England 46%
Attendance90.8%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families48%Far more than most schools
Places161 spare589 pupils, 750 places
Pupils per teacher18.2School workforce census
Pupils on roll589Census January 2026

Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary is a sponsored academy in Croydon for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 589 pupils and room for 750. About 48 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.

Long Lane, Croydon, CR0 7AR020 8662 7310oasisacademyshirleyparkprimary.orgMs Laura Evry headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

Results

GCSE results, summer 2025

164 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England. These are the results of Oasis Academy Shirley Park, the school this one replaced.

Average GCSE score42.6
England 46.8
Official name: Attainment 8
Strong pass in English and maths32%
England 46%
Official name: Grade 5+ in English and maths
Standard pass in English and maths52%
England 66%
Official name: Grade 4+ in English and maths
Progress from age 11-0.07In each subject, pupils here finished about level with children across England who started secondary school at the same level. (From 2023/24, the latest year there is. The government didn't work it out for the 2025 year group.)Official name: Progress 8
Trend
Average GCSE score
2018 to 2025
2018: 42.542.520182019: 43.543.520192022: 43.243.220222023: 44.644.620232024: 42.742.720242025: 42.642.62025
Since 2018: +0.1
All GCSE measures, year by year
Measure2025†2024†2023†2022†2019†2018†CroydonEngland
Pupils at the end of Year 11164161173171166158
Average GCSE scoreAttainment 842.642.744.643.243.542.544.546.8
Progress from age 11Progress 8-0.07-0.24-0.24+0.26+0.04
Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths32%36%37%46%27%35%41%46%
Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths52%60%61%61%54%54%61%66%
Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score4.004.084.244.213.933.874.024.15
Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry74%79%87%78%83%86%55%41%
Average GCSE score: low-income pupilsAttainment 8, disadvantaged36.837.436.535.338.839.6
Average GCSE score: other pupilsAttainment 8, non-disadvantaged49.148.550.649.247.746.4
Average GCSE score: pupils who started behindAttainment 8, low prior attainers29.527.828.528.431.0
Average GCSE score: pupils who started aheadAttainment 8, high prior attainers62.569.062.757.152.2

† These results are for Oasis Academy Shirley Park, the school this one replaced in September 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

86 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. These are the results of Oasis Academy Shirley Park, the school this one replaced.

Reached the expected level at 1163%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level13%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score107.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score105.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 81%81%20172018: 88%88%20182019: 88%88%20192023: 60%60%20232024: 63%63%20242025: 63%63%2025
Since 2017: -18%
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure2025†2024†2023†2019†2018†2017†CroydonEngland
Pupils tested86111114586059
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths63%63%60%88%88%81%70%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths13%9%11%21%28%15%10%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score107.0105.0104.0107.0109.0107.0106.3105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score105.0104.0104.0108.0108.0108.0105.8104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score107.0105.0105.0111.0110.0108.0106.3105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard80%76%73%93%90%85%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard70%69%73%90%88%85%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)76%77%79%91%88%86%
Reading progressReading progress score-0.9+1.2+3.6+1.9
Maths progressMaths progress score-0.7+1.2+4.1+2.5
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged47%55%58%86%77%74%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged79%71%62%91%100%88%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

† These results are for Oasis Academy Shirley Park, the school this one replaced in September 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 7 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At GCSE, 2025

Average GCSE scoreLow-income pupils vs other pupils
36.849.1
Gap 12.3England 12.2
Strong pass in English and mathsLow-income pupils vs other pupils
20%47%
Gap 27 ptsEngland 22 pts
Average GCSE scoreBoys vs girls
42.143.0
Gap 0.9England 3.0

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
47%79%
Gap 32 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
72%55%
Gap 17 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
64%63%
Gap 1 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
7%13%
Gap 6 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Croydon council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll589Census January 2026
Places75079% full
Pupils from low-income families48%48% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English28%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support11%65 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan6%37 pupils with a plan
Average class size23.625 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils4%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)49%£416,950 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls293 / 296
White British pupils17%

Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 14 pupils, for moderate learning difficulties.

To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Croydon with moderate learning difficulties provision.

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 25.5 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 25.2 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (47), Autistic spectrum disorder (28), emotional and mental health (18), Specific learning difficulty (4), Moderate learning difficulty (2), Physical disability (2).

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 90.8% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance90.8%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school29.8%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Missed without permission4.3%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/25†2023/24†2022/23†2021/22†2020/21†2018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence9.2%9.7%10.3%9.2%8.6%5.6%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence4.9%4.4%5.0%4.7%5.5%2.4%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence4.3%5.3%5.4%4.5%3.1%3.2%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence29.8%29.6%32.0%29.8%24.7%15.1%12.8%

† These attendance figures are for Oasis Academy Shirley Park, the school this one replaced in September 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Staff

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.

Teachers32.3full-time equivalent, 35 people
Pupils per teacher18.2Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers80%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants21.9full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£52,935
Vacancies0

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m58012 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate86 per 1,000 people5% lower than the England average
Typical house price£425,000Croydon
Nearest bus stop60 mWoodside Fire Station, 13 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy620 m409Good 202276Compare
Oasis Academy RyelandsAcademy730 m425Good 202381Compare
Woodside Primary SchoolAcademy920 m426Not inspected42Compare
Monks Orchard Primary SchoolAcademy0.6 miles203Good 202358Compare
South Norwood PrimaryAcademy0.7 miles356Good 202324Compare
John Wood School & NurseryAcademy0.8 miles310Good 202414Compare
Robert Fitzroy AcademyAcademy0.8 miles573Good 202340Compare
Marian Vian Primary SchoolAcademy0.9 miles634Good 202383Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary yet.

How good are Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary's GCSE results?

In summer 2025, 32% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 42.6, against 46.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished about level with children across England who started secondary school at the same level.

How good are Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 63% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 13% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary have?

589 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 750 places, so it is 79% full.

What is attendance like at Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary?

Pupils were in school 90.8% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 30% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary?

The average class had 23.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 4% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

Does Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary have specialist SEND provision?

Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for moderate learning difficulties. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Long Lane, Croydon, CR0 7AR
Telephone
020 8662 7310
Website
oasisacademyshirleyparkprimary.org
Headteacher
Ms Laura Evry
Type of school
Sponsored academy (Academy sponsor led, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Multi-academy trust
Oasis Community Learning (58 schools)
Local authority
Croydon
Ward
Shirley North
Constituency
Croydon East
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 September 2025 (split school)
URN
152156 · LAESTAB 3062120 · UKPRN 10099266
Formerly
Oasis Academy Shirley Park

Where these figures come from