Oasis Academy Arena[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 39 39.0 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 39 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 38.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.50 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	37.6[5]	28.8%[5]
2023/24	35.2[3]	31.9%[3]	-0.50[3]
2022/23	34.6[6]	28%[6]	-0.54[6]
2021/22	37.1[7]	27%[7]	-0.69[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 84% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 14% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 6% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 60% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 2% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 2% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	90%[9]	25%[9]	1%[9]	61%[9]	0%[9]	2%[9]
2020/21	88%[10]	30%[10]	0%[10]	50%[10]	2%[10]	4%[10]
2019/20	88%[11]	15%[11]	4%[11]	67%[11]	0%[11]	1%[11]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 14 Apr 2026[12]
Type: S5 Inspection[12]
Report published: 7 Jun 2026[12]
Inclusion: Strong standard[12]
Achievement: Needs attention[12]
Safeguarding standards: Met[12]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[12]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[12]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[12]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[12]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
8 Jul 2025[13]	Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[13]	No overall grade[13]
1 Nov 2023[14]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[14]	Requires improvement[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 4.3 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference): 95 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences: 12 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered: 22 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place: 0.5 Entry Sept 2026[15]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	112[15]	18[15]	35[15]	3.2[15]	0.5[15]
Entry Sept 2024	130[15]	29[15]	43[15]	3.0[15]	0.7[15]
Entry Sept 2023	159[15]	22[15]	79[15]	2.0[15]	0.3[15]
Entry Sept 2022	172[15]	31[15]	90[15]	1.9[15]	0.3[15]

Admissions

Application deadline: 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[16]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 900[1]
Trust: OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING[1]
Local authority: Croydon[1]
Website: www.oasisacademyarena.org [1]
District: Croydon [17]
Postcode: SE25 4QL[1]
URN: 140209[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 369 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language: 48.2% 2024/25[18]
SEN support: 21.7% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan: 5.4% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 52.6% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 30%[19]
Mixed: 11%[19]
Asian: 8.7%[19]
Black: 33.9%[19]
Any other ethnic group: 16.5%[19]
Unclassified: 0%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
oasisacademyarena.org: oasisacademyarena.org — Admissions Arrangements 27-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
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The deadline for receipt of secondary school applications is 31st October 2026. (p. 1)
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