Oasis Academy Temple Quarter
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Oasis Academy Temple Quarter is a free school in Bristol for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 391 pupils and room for 1,600. About 43 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. We give it 47 out of 100. That puts it in line with schools like it, ahead of 68% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted visited in November 2025 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Spring Street, Bristol, BS3 4PZ0117 405 9767oasisacademytemplequarter.orgMr Richard James headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 25 November 2025. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
0 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
922 places were empty (77% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in.
In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place (119 offers for 120 places). The furthest away lived 1.3 miles from the school.
| Entry | Places | Put it first | Applied at all | Got a place | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Secondary | 120 | 102 | 349 | 119 | 1.3 miles | LA |
| 2025 Secondary | 120 | 89 | 339 | 117 | – | LA |
What a home within 1.3 miles of the school costs
Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 81 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for secondary schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (68), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (37), Autistic spectrum disorder (17), Specific learning difficulty (9), language and communications needs (8), Moderate learning difficulty (5).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 391 | 278 | 71 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 43% | 45% | 39% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 25% | 26% | 31% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 26% | 14% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 0% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 91.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 91.4%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 8.1% | 7.9% | 8.6% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 5.0% | 4.0% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 3.2% | 3.9% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 22.2% | 18.8% | 23.9% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 26.6 | 0.0 | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other secondary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
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 secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School | Church of England | 280 m | 1,792 | No overall grade 2025 | 70 | Compare |
| Bristol Cathedral Choir School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,192 | Good 2022 | 76 | Compare |
| Prospect Education Trust | Miscellaneous | 1.2 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| The City Academy Bristol | Academy | 1.5 miles | 977 | Not inspected | 19 | Compare |
| Cotham School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 1,654 | Good 2023 | 62 | Compare |
| E-Act Montpelier High School | Academy | 1.6 miles | 859 | Inadequate 2022 | 62 | Compare |
| Oasis Academy Daventry Road | Free school | 1.8 miles | 362 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Oasis Academy John Williams | Academy | 1.9 miles | 858 | Good 2023 | 36 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Oasis Academy Temple Quarter with the 42 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 42 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 47 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 47% of secondary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 28 to 66. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 20% | below | -0.23 | Ofsted report card, 0.8 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | in line | +0.01 | 2024/25; 306 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What pupils do next | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 5% | well above | +0.15 | Ofsted's Parent View survey, allowing for how many parents replied; 81 responses |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Oasis Academy Temple Quarter a good school?
It is about average. Oasis Academy Temple Quarter scores 47 out of 100. That is in line with schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 68% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 28 to 66, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.
What is Oasis Academy Temple Quarter's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 25 November 2025 it rated teaching as as expected, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as as expected, leadership as as expected.
How many pupils does Oasis Academy Temple Quarter have?
391 pupils aged 11 to 18 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 1,600 places, so it is 24% full.
Is Oasis Academy Temple Quarter oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?
Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 1.3 miles away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.
What is attendance like at Oasis Academy Temple Quarter?
Pupils were in school 91.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 91.4%. 22% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
What do parents say about Oasis Academy Temple Quarter?
95% of the 81 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 86% say their child is happy there. Across England, 77% of parents would recommend their child's school.
How big are the classes at Oasis Academy Temple Quarter?
The average class had 27.9 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 22.8. 36% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
Does Oasis Academy Temple Quarter have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Spring Street, Bristol, BS3 4PZ
- Telephone
- 0117 405 9767
- Website
- www.oasisacademytemplequarter.org
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard James
- Type of school
- Free school (Free schools, free schools)
- Phase
- Secondary school, ages 11-18, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Oasis Community Learning (58 schools)
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Ward
- Southville
- Constituency
- Bristol South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2023 (academy free school)
- URN
- 149784 · LAESTAB 8014016 · UKPRN 10093062
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Bristol, City of council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2025, 2026.
- House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.