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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 22 January 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 22 October 2019Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry559 applications · 215 places offered · 248 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2025 2.4; Southampton median median 1.9
- 2024 2.6; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2023 2.4; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2022 2.7; Southampton median median 1.5
- 2021 3.5; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2020 2.9; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2019 2.9; Southampton median median 1.8
- 2018 2.7; Southampton median median 2.2
- 2017 2.5; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2016 3.0; Southampton median median 1.8
- 2015 3.1; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2014 3.0; Southampton median median 2.0
- This school
- Southampton median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 215 | 559 | 2.6 | 248 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2025 | 204 | 481 | 2.4 | 224 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 200 | 527 | 2.6 | 202 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2023 | 217 | 525 | 2.4 | 216 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 207 | 548 | 2.7 | 230 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2021 | 199 | 690 | 3.5 | 266 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2020 | 211 | 609 | 2.9 | 288 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2019 | 203 | 581 | 2.9 | 237 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2018 | 178 | 480 | 2.7 | 200 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2017 | 177 | 437 | 2.5 | 173 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 149 | 450 | 3.0 | 187 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2015 | 153 | 469 | 3.1 | 196 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2014 | 154 | 457 | 3.0 | 172 | 1.12 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 209 | 47.6 | 48% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 217 | 47.0 | 49% | 68% | – |
| 2023/24 | 210 | 49.2 | 58% | 73% | +0.09 |
| 2022/23 | 180 | 46.8 | 51% | 69% | −0.11 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Upper Shirley High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.6applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · SouthamptonRemains Good20242.4applications per place
- 1.5 km · SouthamptonGood20224.2applications per place
- 2.0 km · SouthamptonRemains Outstanding20221.7applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · SouthamptonSerious weaknesses Inadequate20240.5applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · SouthamptonOutstanding20242.9applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · SouthamptonGood20231.4applications per place 29.1Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · SouthamptonOutstanding20233.2applications per place 57.8Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · SouthamptonGood20242.1applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137037 · 852/4275
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 990 pupils · 1,062 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Upper Shirley High School (URN 116457)
- Address
- Bellemoor Road, Upper Shirley, Southampton, SO15 7QU
- Local authority
- Southampton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources