Upper Shirley High School

State-Funded School

upper-shirley-high-school-southampton-south-east

South EastRegion

SouthamptonLocal Authority

Southampton TestConstituency

SO15 7QUPostcode

6.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Upper Shirley High School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Southampton, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,062 pupils. Upper Shirley High 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

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 47
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 49.3%
EBacc average point score: 4.09

Ethnicity

White

70%

Asian

12%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

1,062

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

30%

England average

27%

First language not English

32%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 1,062
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: Hamwic Education Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 22 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
13 Nov 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	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.