"The school opened less than a decade ago, in January 2017, on the site of the former Putney Hospital, which was demolished in 2012. According to a report in the Construction Enquirer in 2014 the school was to cost 12million to build. It kept its Good' rating at Ofsted's latest inspection in December 2024, where it was described as providing pupils with a rich and ambitious curriculum."
The Department for Education has agreed in principle to close Oasis Academy Putney at the end of the academic year. Oasis Community Learning runs the school in Putney and plans to close it because pupil numbers have fallen. The school has 121 pupils aged four to 11, despite capacity for 420 students. Families have increasingly moved out of the area, with Covid-19 impacts and rising cost of living contributing to the shift. London-wide declines in pupil numbers are linked to falling birth rates and high private housing costs. Oasis Community Learning says it explored alternatives with the local authority and partners but could not find a sustainable solution while maintaining the education it aims to provide. The school opened in January 2017 and received a Good Ofsted rating in December 2024.
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