Ashton Park School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8
Academy sponsor led
Oasis Academy Brightstowe
- Pupils on roll
- 741of 945 places
- Free school meals
- 49.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 127
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 5 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Portway Community School (URN 109275).
What the data says
Oasis Academy Brightstowe has no sixth form. Of the 142 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 4% moved to a sixth form college, 44% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.2 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Bristol, City of, with 27% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bristol, City of and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Oasis Academy Brightstowe | Bristol, City of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 142 | 4,008 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 64% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 13% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 4% | 12% | 13% |
| — further education college | 44% | 30% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 13% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 13% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Oasis Academy Brightstowe | Bristol, City of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.2 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 23% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.33 | 4.10 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 44% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 28.4 | 33.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.9 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 14% | 20% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 128 | 100% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 55% |
| English Language | 128 | 100% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 52% |
| English Literature | 127 | 100% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 63% |
| Combined Science | 113 | 89% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 40% |
| History | 81 | 64% | 41% | 15% | 26% | 43% |
| Business Studies | 53 | 42% | 18% | 4% | 20% | 43% |
| Geography | 48 | 38% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 46% |
| Fine Art | 34 | 27% | 9% | 3% | 28% | 21% |
| Spanish | 32 | 25% | 19% | 13% | 27% | 53% |
| Religious Studies | 16 | 13% | 31% | 6% | 32% | 75% |
| Chemistry | 14 | 11% | 23% | 21% | 47% | 71% |
| Biology | 14 | 11% | 23% | 29% | 45% | 79% |
| Physics | 14 | 11% | 23% | 14% | 46% | 71% |
| Photography | 8 | 6% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 13% |
| Polish | 8 | 6% | 1% | 75% | 84% | 100% |
| French | 7 | 6% | 18% | 29% | 29% | 57% |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 35 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 17 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 6 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 4 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bristol, City of
Bedminster Down School
Academy converter · 1,022 pupils
66% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Blaise High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 914 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0
Bridge Learning Campus
Academy sponsor led · 1,202 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.6
Bristol Brunel Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,267 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.6
Bristol Cathedral Choir School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,192 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.6
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.