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Oasis Academy MediaCityUK
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
King William Street, Salford, Manchester M50 3UQ · oasisacademymediacityuk.org · 0161 886 6500
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Salford 42.9, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 989
- 86% of 1,150 places
- Local authority
- Salford
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 55.9%
- First language not English
- 37%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 134 families put the school first and 174 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 174 | 134 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 205 | 173 | 0.8 | 97% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 205 | 158 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 195 | 165 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 200 | 183 | 0.9 | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.7, and 26.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Salford it was 42.9, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼26.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼48.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲46.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.40 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.6 | +0.7 |
| Sixth form college | 21.2 | −7 |
| Further education | 54.3 | −3 |
| Other education | 1.1 | — |
| Employment | 2.2 | −4.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 12 | +6.5 |
| Activity not captured | 7.6 | +5.8 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Oasis Academy MediaCityUK on 2 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 2 Dec 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate
What parents said
50% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 50%
- Positive
- 47%
- Replies
- 18
- 2% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on 7 parents (39%) whose child was bullied
based on 4 parents (22%) with SEND