Oasis Academy Sholing
Middle Road, Sholing, Southampton, SO19 8PH
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING
- Headteacher
- Mr Martin Brown
- Sponsor
- Oasis Community Learning
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,050
- Pupils on roll
- 1,030
- URN
- 146284
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Telephone
- 02380448861
About this school
Oasis Academy Sholing is a secondary academy in Southampton. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,030 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 208 | 204 | 205 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.9 | 38.6 | 43.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.52 -0.72 to -0.31 | -0.66 -0.86 to -0.46 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 27.9% | 41% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 49.5% | 61.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 68% | 70.1% | 48.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Oasis Academy Sholing has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Southampton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40.9 | 38 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.6 | 34.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.3 | 34 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,040 |
| 2023/24 | 1,032 |
| 2024/25 | 1,032 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Oasis Academy Sholing compares
Oasis Academy Sholing ranked 5th of 11 secondary schools in Southampton for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.3 | 11% | 33.5% | 1,030 | — |
| Oasis Academy Mayfield | 37 | 12.4% | 46.2% | 884 | 1.1 miles |
| Weston Secondary School | 31.1 | 12.1% | 58.1% | 653 | 1.2 miles |
| Woodlands Community College | 35.5 | 14.3% | 55.5% | 907 | 1.4 miles |
| Bitterne Park School | 43.1 | 10.6% | 30.5% | 2,036 | 1.8 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic School | 55.6 | 7.2% | 33.2% | 1,189 | 2.1 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.53%
- English as an additional language
- 10.9%
- Overall absence
- 10.97%
- Persistent absence
- 27.21%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oasis Academy Mayfield1.1 miles
Secondary · Southampton
-
Weston Secondary School1.2 miles
Secondary · Southampton
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Woodlands Community College1.4 miles
Secondary · Southampton
-
Bitterne Park School1.8 miles
Secondary · Southampton
-
St Anne's Catholic School2.1 miles
Secondary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
Oasis Academy Sholing ranks 11th of the 20 ranked secondary schools in Southampton.
- Applemore College Secondary
- Bitterne Park School Secondary
- Brookfield Community School Secondary
- Cantell School Secondary
- Deer Park School Secondary
- Hounsdown School Secondary
- Lift New Forest Secondary
- Noadswood School Secondary
- Oasis Academy Lord's Hill Secondary
- Oasis Academy Mayfield Secondary
- Redbridge Community School Secondary
- Regents Park Community College Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Oasis Academy Sholing teach?
- Oasis Academy Sholing teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Oasis Academy Sholing?
- The headteacher of Oasis Academy Sholing is Mr Martin Brown, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Oasis Academy Sholing last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Oasis Academy Sholing, 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 Oasis Academy Sholing?
- Oasis Academy Sholing has 1,030 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Oasis Academy Sholing full?
- Oasis Academy Sholing has capacity for 1,050 pupils and 1,030 on roll (98%), 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 Oasis Academy Sholing a faith school?
- No. Oasis Academy Sholing has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Oasis Academy Sholing?
- Oasis Academy Sholing is part of OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Oasis Academy Sholing's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.9 in 2022/23 and 43.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Oasis Academy Sholing rank locally?
- Oasis Academy Sholing ranked 5th of 11 secondary schools in Southampton for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Oasis Academy Sholing's absence rate?
- Oasis Academy Sholing's overall absence rate is 11% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Oasis Academy Sholing's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oasis Academy Sholing's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 2 July 2026.