[6] Coulsdon High received a 'Good' Ofsted judgement in 2001,[7] and was awarded specialist status for maths, science, IT and design technology in 2002.

However a few months later it received its best ever SATS results,[14] and the following year the special measures were revoked by Ofsted when the school was judged to be rapidly improving.

However plans to replace Coulsdon High with a sponsored academy were already under way on the grounds that the period in special measures had affected pupil recruitment and created doubt that the school could recover the confidence of local parents quickly enough for financial viability to be restored.

The opening ceremony was attended by the then Parliamentary Under Secretary of Schools Lord Adonis and the founder of the Oasis Trust Steve Chalke.

[3] Oasis invested over £20 million of government funding into the school, resulting in the opening of a community health-care centre in 2009 and a sixth form in 2011.

[31] Schools endeavour to get all students to achieve the English Baccalaureate(EBACC) qualification- this must include core subjects a modern or ancient foreign language, and either History or Geography.

This is a transition period from primary to secondary education, that builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding gained at primary school, and introduces youngsters who are starting from a lower than average base to wider, robust and challenging programmes of study needed to gain qualifications at Key Stage 4.

In each year and each subject, students are issued with a knowledge organiser and they program of studies is published in advance on-line under the title 'Curriculum Maps'.

[33] Famous graduates of Oasis Academy Coulsdon in all its previous forms, the three times world champion boxer Duke McKenzie.