Upper Shirley High School

Bellemoor Road, Southampton, SO15 7QU

1,062 pupils · 107% of 990 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Academy converter
Ages
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Trust
HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST
Local authority
Southampton
Free school meals
30.4%

Ofsted

Good (2019)Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 22 October 2019, published 13 November 2019. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score47
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)49.3%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)68.2%
Entering the English Baccalaureate29.5%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place 1.15 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry215248559215
Sept 2025 entry204224481204
Sept 2024 entry200202527200
Sept 2023 entry217216525217
Sept 2022 entry207230548207
Sept 2021 entry199266690199
Sept 2020 entry211288609211
Sept 2019 entry203237581203

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.