An Oasis Community Learning school where more than half of pupils don’t turn up regularly and where “homophobic, racist and sexist language” went unchallenged has been rated ‘inadequate’.
Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey was placed in special measures by Ofsted following a no-notice inspection in June, following a complaint raising “serious concerns”. It becomes the only school run by the trust to currently hold the lowest grade.
In a critical report, Ofsted pointed to poor attendance and low expectations among leaders.
“More than half” of the 1,485 pupils choose not to attend school regularly, inspectors said, with too many who do then persistently absent from lessons. Those in class “frequently have their learning disturbed by unruly behaviour”.
