Oasis Academy Sholing is a state-funded secondary school in Southampton, South East, for pupils aged 11 to 16 for boys and girls. DfE data records 1,030 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 1,050.
The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Requires Improvement (4 Feb 2025). The published Attainment 8 score was 43.3 for 2024/25. Admissions data records 225 first-preference applications and 209 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.
Reporting periods vary by source — Methodology.
School admissions data, what the Ofsted report means for you, and how it compares to nearby schools.
Not judged
Based on 4 Feb 2025 · Legacy grading · Open inspection report ↗
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour & attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership & management | Good |
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Requires improvement |
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour & attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership & management | Requires improvement |
Published 17 Mar 2025.
Ofsted legacy grades; compare inspection dates and frameworks.
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| School’s local authority | Southampton |
| Applications open | Usually 1 September 2026 |
| Application deadline | 31 October 2026 |
| National offer day | 1 March 2027 |
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Offers made on National Offer Day | 209 |
| First-preference applications | 225 |
| Applications (all preferences) | 412 |
| First-preference offers | 192 |
Source: Published admissions data; follow each measure’s labelled basis, including all preferences where shown.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average score) | 43.3 |
| English & maths: grades 9–4 | 61.5% |
| English & maths: grades 9–5 | 41% |
| EBacc entry | 48.8% |
| EBacc grades 9–4 | 22% |
| EBacc grades 9–5 | 14.6% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.92 |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
| Destination | Pupils |
|---|---|
| This school’s sixth form | 0.5% |
| Sixth-form college | 58.7% |
| Further education college | 21.6% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.8% |
| Employment | 2.9% |
| Not sustained | 6.3% |
| Unknown | 4.8% |
Cohort: 208 pupils · Sustained education or employment: 88.9%
DfE destinations follow school leavers, not current pupils.
22.2 pupils per qualified teacher
2025/26 · Full-time equivalent teachers, not class size.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorised absence2024/25 | 5.17% |
| Unauthorised absence2024/25 | 5.8% |
| Group | Pupils |
|---|---|
| White British | 78.4% |
| White other | 6.5% |
| Mixed | 6.6% |
| Asian | 3.2% |
| Black | 4.6% |
| Other | 0.6% |
DfE school, census, workforce, absence and exclusion data; periods vary, and missing values are not zero.
DfE data; confirm current support with the school's SENCO.
56% would recommend this school
127 responses · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Happy at school | 66% |
| Feels safe | 67% |
| Well behaved pupils | 52% |
| Bullying dealt with | 15% |
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Aware of curriculum | 50% |
| Concerns dealt with | 54% |
| SEND support | 50% |
| High expectations | 63% |
| Child does well | 64% |
| Progress updates | 65% |
| Subject range | 73% |
| Clubs & activities | 86% |
| Personal development | 54% |
View the Ofsted dataset: voluntary responses may not represent all families; separate from Classpot reviews.
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