Oasis Academy Putney

Our child is absolutely thriving at this school and is always happy to go in. I’ve never had any grumblings even on the first day back after school holidays. The mandarin and outdoor learning lessons every week are incredible, and coding is starting now during the normal school day. The children are being prepared very well indeed for the demands they’ll meet as adults.

The teachers clearly care about each student and have recognised our child’s academic ability and routinely challenge with extension work.

Our child has friends across the year groups due to the excellent groups that the children can apply for (like Charity Champions, Green team etc) which opens them up to other children outside of their class. They also apply to these groups so get practice in leadership and CV writing.

Our child has great relationships with the teachers who take the time to listen and engage.

We have found the school body to be welcoming. Would recommend this school. Our child attended another local school before Oasis and Oasis stands head and shoulders above in our view.

It is interesting reading the two other reviews which seem to be from the same person. This is a small school and so we are all aware of the ex parent that sent these messages. While he is allowed his opinion we are allowed ours too. My children are extremely happy in this school and are socially and academically doing very well. They have made some lovely friends. I have found the staff very supportive and sort issues out when they have occurred, as I know they do in all schools. I have always found being polite has got me further in life. I would always suggest going to look around a school. It isn’t going to suit everyone but we love it. lol

Oasis Academy Putney is an abysmal school in general but the lack of safeguarding is the most unforgivable failure. New management arrives almost every year and each time they are more incompetent, dishonest and unprofessional than the last. The school leadership (at the school level, regional level and the Oasis safeguarding lead) refused to respond to concerns about the abuse of children at the school, failed to record specific incidents of abuse on school premises and at the school gate and failed to notify the authorities when they happened. Concerns raised about the behaviour of individual staff members were also not recorded or addressed properly. A complaint about a staff member calling children nasty names and bullying them was “forgotten about” for over a month!

In our experience, the school “community” consists of gangs of parents bullying and assaulting children at the school gate and in the classroom. Some parents have taken offence to me expressing honestly our experience with this school and have posted abusive messages directed at me. This gives you an indication of the sort of culture around the school that some families have to endure. The School Leadership team appear to have no interest in keeping children safe and will actively lie to parents and try to conceal which adults they have allowed or invited into the classroom. Parents known to be behaving aggressively towards children and who have assaulted children before were allowed into the school over and over and the school withheld this information from parents. The police and local authorities expressed shock that the school was unconcerned by this behaviour. Some of the adults concerned are still active in the school community.

Don’t believe the Ofsted reports - the management and a lot of staff have changed since the report was made. The majority of staff seem inexperienced and the quality of teaching is extremely poor with an over-reliance on Twinkl. The leadership is so lacking that the situation will not improve. Even some staff members expressed to me that it was an unpleasant place to work. The first “Executive Principal” even said she couldn’t wait to leave the school! Large numbers of pupils leave each year and the reputation of the school in the area is awful.

Oasis seems to be trying to flood Google with positive reviews, some of which are from individuals linked to the school or to Oasis. They also seem to be trying to censor poor reviews in order to increase their ratings. I’m sure some families have not been exposed to the same volunteer parents or the same deceitful, negligent and inexperienced staff our family was, but the dropping pupil numbers should tell you something. Seven pupils from our child’s class left at the end of the year mainly to go to other schools in the area. This pattern seems to be repeated to varying degrees throughout the school and reception is down to one class this year instead of two.

Although the location appears ideal, local residents have fought the school from the beginning and several families have experienced racist abuse outside the school from residents of Commondale. The school’s reaction to this was to ask the children to think about how the other people felt. Some of the residents of the flats next to the school (The Henry Chester building) drive down the shared private road at dangerous speeds putting children at risk. I have witnessed some very close calls with young children and unfortunately it may just be a matter of time before there is a serious incident.

In our experience Oasis Academy Putney is so far from what a modern, caring school should be, I cannot think of a single good thing about it. In my opinion, the school leadership team are not fit to be involved in education due to their lack of interest in addressing concerns of abuse and need replacing as soon as possible. Unfortunately Oasis as an organisation has such severe shortcomings when it comes to education any replacements will probably be just as bad. We withdrew our child rather than risk their physical and emotional safety at Oasis Putney and haven’t regretted it for a second. Some parents are clearly happy with the school and feel their children are safe, but I would urge all parents not to take any risks and to keep their children as far away from this school as possible. There are some very good schools in Putney and the surrounding areas but this is not one of them.

Oasis Academy Putney is an abysmal school in general but the lack of safeguarding is the most unforgivable failure. New management arrives almost every year and each time they are more incompetent, dishonest and unprofessional than the last. The school leadership (particularly the Executive Principal and the Oasis Regional Director) refused to respond to concerns about the abuse of children at the school, failed to record specific incidents of abuse and failed to notify the authorities when they happened. Concerns raised about individual staff members were also not recorded or addressed properly. The school “community” consists of gangs of parents bullying and assaulting children at the school gate and in the classroom. The Executive Principal and school leadership appear to have no interest in keeping children safe and will actively lie to parents and try to conceal which adults they have allowed or invited into the classroom.
Don’t believe the Ofsted reports - the majority of staff seem inexperienced and the quality of teaching is extremely poor. The leadership is so lacking that the situation will not improve. Large numbers of pupils leave each year and the reputation of the school in the area is awful (beware 5 star reviews from individuals linked to the school or to Oasis).
Oasis Academy Putney is so far from what a modern, caring school should be, I cannot think of a single good thing about it. In my view, the school leadership is so completely lacking in morals, I would not trust them to look after a houseplant, let alone keep a child safe. We withdrew our son rather than risk his physical and emotional safety at Oasis Putney and haven’t regretted it for a second. I would urge all parents to keep your children as far away from this school as possible for their own safety.

Oasis Academy Putney is an abysmal school in general but the lack of safeguarding is the most unforgivable failure. There is new management almost every year and each time they are more incompetent and unprofessional than the last. The school leadership (and the Oasis Regional Director) refused to respond to concerns about the behaviour of adults towards children at the school, failed to record specific incidents of abuse and failed to notify the authorities when they happened. The majority of staff seem inexperienced and the quality of teaching is extremely poor with one or two exceptions. Large numbers of pupils leave each year and the reputation of the school in the local area is awful (beware 5 star reviews from individuals linked to the school or to Oasis). In my view, the current school leadership is so dishonest and so completely lacking in morals, I would not trust them to look after a houseplant, let alone a child. We withdrew our son rather than risk his physical and emotional safety at Oasis Putney. I would urge all parents to keep your children as far away from this school (or any Oasis Academy) as possible.