Oasis Academy Sholing, Southampton

Requires Improvement
Secondary
Academy sponsor led
Mixed
Ages 1116

Data last updated 11 Sept 2026

Location

Very likely (~691m)Possible (~987m)Unlikely (~1.3km)Confidence: medium

Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Martin Brown
Pupils:1,030 / 1,050 capacity
LA:Southampton
Phone:02380448861
Address:Middle Road, Sholing, Southampton, SO19 8PH
Trust:OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING
Status:open
Opened:1 September 2018

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 4 years ago
Requires Improvement

Overall

Good

Quality of Education

Requires Improvement

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Requires Improvement

Leadership & Management

Inspected 11 October 2022
URN:146284
UKPRN:10080928
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Southampton Itchen
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Requires Improvement at its October 2022 inspection — unchanged since its previous inspection.

Rated Good for

Quality of education, Personal development.

Areas Ofsted flagged

Behaviour & attitudes (Requires Improvement), Leadership & management (Requires Improvement).

A plain-English summary of the full inspection report is coming soon.

At a Glance

36.8%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

127 responses
Would recommend56%
Child is happy65%
Well taught65%
Good progress63%
Feels safe68%
Well behaved52%
Bullying dealt with14%
Kept informed65%
Handles concerns54%
Wider development54%

Source: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree

Class Sizes

25.4

Avg class size

37

Total classes

7 classes with more than 30 pupils

2024/25 academic year

Getting There

Bus Stops

The Sholing Technology College (N-bound)
89m · 1 min walk
Heath Road (adj)
158m · 3 min walk
Spakes Corner (SW-bound)
184m · 3 min walk
Itchen College (SW-bound)
338m · 5 min walk
Kenson Gardens (S-bound)
351m · 6 min walk
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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

98%

Near capacity

1,030 pupils

1,050 capacity

20 spare places available

Area Demand Pressure - Southampton

Low pressure
New homes approved:4,228
Projected new pupils:761

Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Southampton

Admissions Demand - Southampton

Low demand0.98x oversubscription

Places available

2,570

Applications

2,524

Got 1st preference

82.9%

Got preferred school

93.3%

Secondary admissions across Southampton (2025/26)

Inspection History(2)

11 October 2022
Requires Improvement
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesRequires Improvement
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementRequires Improvement
3 October 2017
Requires Improvement
Leadership & ManagementRequires Improvement

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Pupil Absence
2024/25

10.97214%

Overall absence

27.21402%

Persistent absence

1,084

Enrolments

Authorised5.17325%
Unauthorised5.79889%
Persistent (10%+)27.21402%
Severe (50%+)7.38007%

Absence trend

5.61935%
18/19
9.38036%
20/21
11.52839%
21/22
11.30994%
22/23
12.17037%
23/24
10.97214%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

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