Oasis Academy Clarksfield

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 25 April 2023

Oasis Academy Clarksfield is a happy school. The warm welcome that pupils and their families receive each morning from staff ensures a positive start to the day. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enjoy positive and encouraging relationships with each other and with staff. Pupils know that staff will help them if they have any worries. Leaders deal with any bullying concerns thoroughly. This helps pupils to feel safe. Pupils were keen to explain that the '9 habits' outlined by leaders help them to understand how to act in school. Their behaviour is exemplary. Pupils work enthusiastically in their lessons and achieve increasingly well because leaders have increased everyone's expectations of what pupils can do. Pupils participate in an extensive range of experiences to enrich their learning. Many pupils love 'Tremendous Tuesdays', when they attend exciting after-school clubs to pursue their interests and talents. Pupils enjoy taking part in regular sporting activities and musical performances. By carrying out special roles, such as 'habit heroes', school councillors and well- being champions, pupils learn that they can make a difference in their school and community. Pupils spoke with pride about raising funds for a recent earthquake appeal.

What the school should improve

• Some of the books that pupils are given to practise their reading do not match their phonic knowledge. This prevents them from practising the sounds they have learned to gain sufficient confidence and to read with improved accuracy and fluency. Leaders should ensure that pupils at the early stages of learning to read are given books that match the sounds and letters that they know.
• Some teachers do not use assessment effectively to check that pupils' knowledge is secure before they move on to new content. This means that some pupils have gaps in their understanding which prevent them from achieving as well as they should. Leaders should make sure that teachers develop their use of regular assessment strategies, to enable them to check what pupils understand and address any misconceptions promptly.
• Some pupils do not attend school regularly. This means that they miss out on important learning, which has a negative impact on how well they achieve. Leaders should work with families to develop effective strategies to improve the attendance of these pupils so that they do not miss out on their education.

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