Upper Shirley High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Southampton City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2017–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Upper Shirley High School is a secondary school in Southampton for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 22 January 2025. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Upper Shirley High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026 there were 248 first-choice applications for 215 offers; 197 offers went to first-choice families, and 51 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- That 2026 Year 7 figure of 1.2 first choices per offer was the 3rd highest of 11 Southampton secondary schools.
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2024, but places ran out in 4 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 49% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 47 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southampton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bellemoor Road, Upper Shirley, Southampton, SO15 7QU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,062 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 22 January 2025
Strengths
- “The last two years have seen many improvements for pupils at Upper Shirley High (USH), in their learning and in their wider curriculum.”
- “One accurately described it as ‘a reset in standards and expectations’.”
- “The school’s values – believe, respect and succeed – are signposted everywhere, but are also seen in the way staff and pupils treat each other.”
To improve
- “Higher numbers enter subjects within the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), although the school is not yet meeting the government’s national ambition for EBacc entry.”
- “However, these strategies are not implemented consistently well.”
- “When this happens, some pupils do not develop secure knowledge or fluency and this affects the quality of their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 February 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 49% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 248 first-preference applications, 215 offers in total, 197 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Southampton.
- Regents Park Community College 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic School 1.3 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Lord's Hill 1.4 mi Inadequate Last distance published
- Cantell School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Redbridge Community School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bitterne Park School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Sholing 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published