Oasis Academy Sholing

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Ofsted's Parent View survey, based on 127 responses collected between September 2024 and September 2025, shows that 56% of parents would recommend Oasis Academy Sholing to others. This is a mixed picture, with 44% saying they would not. The school is clearly popular in terms of demand: for the 2025/26 academic year, it received 334 applications for 201 places, an oversubscription ratio of 1.66, with 154 first-preference offers made. Parents' views on specific areas are similarly split. While 66% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy, and 67% feel their child is safe, only 52% agree that the school has high expectations for their child. On behaviour, 52% agree the school ensures good behaviour, but 41% disagree. Concerns are handled well according to 54% of respondents, though 31% disagree. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in February 2025 did not give an overall effectiveness grade, but rated behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management as Good, while quality of education was judged as Requires Improvement.

Academically, Oasis Academy Sholing's results are below the local average. Its Progress 8 score for the 2023/24 academic year was -0.66, which is significantly lower than the Southampton local authority average of -0.26. This places the school 7th out of 11 secondary schools in the city and in the bottom 50 nationally. The Attainment 8 score was 38.6, and the EBacc average point score was 3.62. Only 27.9% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in English and maths, compared with 49.5% achieving a grade 4 or above. The proportion of pupils entering the EBacc was 70.1%, but just 10.8% achieved a grade 5 or above across the full EBacc. Progress in English was -0.5, in maths -0.81, and in the EBacc subjects -0.52. The school's Progress 8 banding is classified as 'Well below average'.

The school is a non-denominational, mixed secondary for ages 11 to 16, with no sixth form. It is almost at full capacity with 1,032 pupils against a capacity of 1,050. A third of pupils (32.8%) are eligible for free school meals, above the national average. Facilities include art studios, a library, science labs, an astro turf, music rooms, a theatre, and a chapel. Sports on offer include tennis, dance, cross country, martial arts, rowing, athletics, netball, basketball, and swimming. Clubs include newspaper, Model UN, debate, gardening, orchestra, chess, choir, drama, and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. The school has a wide range of SEND provisions, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disabilities, and autistic spectrum disorder. This school may suit families in Southampton who value its broad extracurricular offer and its Good-rated behaviour and personal development, but who are aware that academic outcomes are currently below the local average.

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