A troubled school is closing for the summer term early.

The Oasis Academy’s campuses in Minster and Sheerness, on Sheppey, will shut on Friday (July 12), seven days before the official end of term.

It is understood the academy has informed parents it is deviating from the planned date, originally Tuesday, July 23.

Travelmasters, which runs the 373 bus service for pupils, has also been notified.

KentOnline has made repeated attempts to gather further information, including the reason behind the closure from the academy via email and over the phone but it has not responded.

When pupils return in September, the schools will no longer be run by Oasis.

The Sheerness campus will be operated by EKC Schools Trust (EKCSS), while Leigh Academies Trust (LAT) will be in charge of the Minster campus.

The Department for Education rubber-stamped the change-over in March after Oasis announced last year it was pulling out of the Island.

Former MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, Gordon Henderson, welcomed the news at the time.

He said in October: “This is excellent news and is exactly what I have been pressing for since 2010. Two separate schools, run by two different academy trusts. I am delighted.

“Although this is not going to change secondary education on the Isle of Sheppey overnight, and people will have to be patient, I am convinced this proposal will make a huge difference in the long term.

“For a start it will provide children on Sheppey with a choice of secondary schools, something that children in Sittingbourne have enjoyed for many years.”

The Oasis Academy received heavy criticism from parents and Ofsted, which rated the school “inadequate” in 2022.

In a damning report, inspectors painted a shocking picture of bullies running out of control terrifying pupils and terrorising staff.

"Foul, homophobic, racist and sexist language" also went unchecked, alongside a lack of permanent teachers and more than half of pupils not even bothering to turn up for lessons.

Despite slight improvements, the school failed to raise standards sufficiently by the time a follow-up inspection was carried out by the education watchdog last year.

In November last year, teachers and staff went on strike after numerous incidents of pupil threats and violence.

Oasis boss Steve Chalke told KentOnline that the schools were the hardest to run out the 50 academies it has across the UK, all of which are in deprived communities.

While recognising the academy has failed the children there, he said the problems would not disappear when someone new took over, unless the Island had more investment.