Shirley Infant School
Wilton Road, Southampton, SO15 5LA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Cate Gregory
- Sponsor
- Hamwic Education Trust
- Constituency
- Southampton Test
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 266
- URN
- 138903
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380775057
About this school
Shirley Infant School is a primary academy in Southampton. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 266 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Shirley Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 270 |
| 2023/24 | 269 |
| 2024/25 | 264 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Shirley Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.2% | 11.7% | 266 | — |
| Shirley Junior School | 48% | 4.8% | 21.5% | 361 | 0.0 miles |
| Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School | 54% | 5.1% | 40.2% | 619 | 0.4 miles |
| Hollybrook Junior School | 68% | 5.6% | 24.3% | 242 | 0.5 miles |
| Hollybrook Infant School | — | 4.6% | 17.3% | 160 | 0.5 miles |
| Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School | 25% | 7.4% | 42.1% | 372 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.74%
- English as an additional language
- 20.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.19%
- Persistent absence
- 8.9%
Location
Nearby schools
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Shirley Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Hollybrook Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Hollybrook Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
- Abbotswood Junior School Primary
- Banister Primary School Primary
- Bartley Church of England Junior School Primary
- Bassett Green Primary School Primary
- Beechwood Junior School Primary
- Berrywood Primary School Primary
- Bevois Town Primary School Primary
- Bishop's Waltham Junior School Primary
- Bishops Waltham Infant School Primary
- Bitterne Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Shirley Infant School teach?
- Shirley Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Shirley Infant School?
- The executive headteacher of Shirley Infant School is Mrs Cate Gregory, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Shirley Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Shirley Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Shirley Infant School?
- Shirley Infant School has 266 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Shirley Infant School full?
- Shirley Infant School has capacity for 270 pupils and 266 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Shirley Infant School a faith school?
- No. Shirley Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Shirley Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Shirley Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Shirley Infant School?
- Shirley Infant School is part of HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Shirley Infant School's absence rate?
- Shirley Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Shirley Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Shirley Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.