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Oasis Academy Sholing[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 41 40.9 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
40.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
33.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
6.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.66 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 43.3[5] 41%[5]
2023/24 38.6[3] 27.9%[3] -0.66[3]
2022/23 40.9[6] 33%[6] -0.52[6]
2021/22 42.3[7] 30%[7] -0.56[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
1% 2021/22[9]
Sixth-form college
59% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
22% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[8]
Employment
3% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[9] 1%[9] 53%[9] 24%[9] 3%[9] 4%[9]
2020/21 92%[10] 1%[10] 55%[10] 25%[10] 5%[10] 6%[10]
2019/20 94%[11] 1%[11] 55%[11] 29%[11] 3%[11] 7%[11]
2018/19 95%[12] 1%[12] 63%[12] 18%[12] 6%[12] 8%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
4 Feb 2025[13]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[13]
Report published
17 Mar 2025[13]
Personal development
Good[13]
Quality of education
Requires improvement[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
11 Oct 2022[14] Academy First Section 5[14] Requires improvement[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
412 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
225 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
209 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 334[15] 154[15] 201[15] 1.7[15] 0.8[15]
Entry Sept 2024 381[15] 189[15] 204[15] 1.9[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2023 404[15] 189[15] 206[15] 2.0[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2022 397[15] 197[15] 202[15] 2.0[15] 1.0[15]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1050[1]
Trust
OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING[1]
Local authority
Southampton[1]
District
Southampton[16]
Postcode
SO19 8PH[1]
URN
146284[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1032 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
10.9% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
18.6% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
2.4% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33.5% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
85%[18]
Mixed
6.6%[18]
Asian
3.2%[18]
Black
4.6%[18]
Any other ethnic group
0.6%[18]
Unclassified
0.1%[18]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.