Ashton Park School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8
Academy sponsor led
Oasis Academy John Williams
- Pupils on roll
- 858of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 44.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 161
- Ofsted
- Good, 12 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hengrove Community Arts College (URN 109276).
What the data says
Oasis Academy John Williams has no sixth form. Of the 163 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 18% moved to a sixth form college, 47% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 45% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.9 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Bristol, City of, with 39% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Oasis Academy John Williams is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 John Williams | Bristol, City of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 163 | 4,008 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 74% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 9% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 18% | 12% | 13% |
| — further education college | 47% | 30% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Oasis Academy John Williams | Bristol, City of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.9 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 29% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.02 | 4.10 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 35% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 40.9 | 33.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.0 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 15% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 160 | 99% | 89% | 19% | 20% | 68% |
| Mathematics | 160 | 99% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 68% |
| English Literature | 157 | 98% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 76% |
| Combined Science | 142 | 88% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 59% |
| Geography | 123 | 76% | 41% | 24% | 25% | 66% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 72 | 45% | 8% | 21% | 21% | 69% |
| Physical Education | 59 | 37% | 11% | 14% | 24% | 59% |
| History | 54 | 34% | 41% | 17% | 26% | 57% |
| Business Studies | 53 | 33% | 18% | 25% | 20% | 77% |
| Art and Design | 50 | 31% | 7% | 30% | 24% | 96% |
| Religious Studies | 49 | 30% | 31% | 18% | 32% | 76% |
| Spanish | 45 | 28% | 19% | 22% | 27% | 78% |
| Drama | 27 | 17% | 7% | 30% | 27% | 67% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 12% | 13% | 11% | 30% | 37% |
| Music | 18 | 11% | 5% | 6% | 33% | 56% |
| Chemistry | 18 | 11% | 23% | 28% | 47% | 83% |
| Physics | 18 | 11% | 23% | 33% | 46% | 78% |
| Biology | 18 | 11% | 23% | 33% | 45% | 83% |
| 3D Design | 16 | 10% | 2% | 25% | 16% | 94% |
| Polish | 7 | 4% | 1% | 57% | 84% | 71% |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| French | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 18 | — | — |
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.