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Upper Shirley High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Bellemoor Road, Upper Shirley, Southampton SO15 7QU · uppershirleyhigh.org · 023 8032 5333
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 47
- average Attainment 8 score. Southampton 41.9, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,062
- 72 over 990 places · 107%
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.4%
- First language not English
- 32.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 248 families put the school first and 215 places were offered; 79% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 215 | 248 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 204 | 224 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 200 | 202 | 1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 217 | 216 | 1 | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 207 | 230 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47, and 49.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Southampton it was 41.9, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●47 | 46 | ||
| ▲49.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲68.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼29.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.09 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1 | — |
| Sixth form college | 71.4 | +3.1 |
| Further education | 15.2 | −4.8 |
| Other education | 0.5 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 2.4 | −0.9 |
| Employment | 0.5 | −2.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.7 | +2.3 |
| Activity not captured | 2.4 | +1.8 |
Ofsted
Upper Shirley High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 22 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jan 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 21 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Jun 2008Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (151 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 151
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied
based on 29 parents (19%) with SEND