Shirley Infant School

State-Funded School

shirley-infant-school-southampton-south-east

South EastRegion

SouthamptonLocal Authority

Southampton TestConstituency

SO15 5LAPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Shirley Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–7, located in Southampton, South East.

It currently serves 266 pupils. Shirley Infant School is part of Hamwic Education Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.

Ethnicity

White

70%

Asian

11%

Black

Mixed

10%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

266

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

22%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 7
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 266
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: Hamwic Education Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
29 Apr 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
8 Jun 2011	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.