Oasis Academy Sholing
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Southampton City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Oasis Academy Sholing is a secondary school in Southampton for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Oasis Academy Sholing 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, there were 225 first-choice applications for 209 offers; 192 offers went to first-choice families and 33 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- At 1.1 first choices per offer for Year 7 2026, it ranked 4th highest of 11 Southampton secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 41% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Southampton.
- There are 20 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 15.3 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Southampton.
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
- Middle Road, Sholing, Southampton, SO19 8PH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,030 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils recognise that expectations of their behaviour have risen.”
- “The school regularly emphasises values of ‘striving for excellence’.”
- “Staff reward pupils’ efforts when they try hard and contribute positively to the school community.”
To improve
- “Some pupils do not always learn as well as they should.”
- “However, learning is not always adapted to respond to the gaps in pupils’ understanding.”
- “This means some pupils do not learn sufficiently well to prepare them for the next stages of education, training or employment.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 March 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) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.3 | 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: 225 first-preference applications, 209 offers in total, 192 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.
- Oasis Academy Mayfield 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Weston Secondary School 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Woodlands Community College 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bitterne Park School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic School 2.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cantell School 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Upper Shirley High School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published