Upper Shirley High School
Secondary schoolUpper Shirley High School is a secondary school in Southampton, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,062 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, January 2025
Before that: Good (overall), October 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 22 October 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 22 January 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Upper Shirley High School was 47.6, against 40.2 in Southampton and 46.2 in England.
47.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 47.6 | 40.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47.8% | 35.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70.8% | 54.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 209 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Shirley Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade230 m
- Shirley Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)230 m
- Richard Taunton Sixth Form CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file540 m
- Hollybrook Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- Hollybrook Infant SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, June 2025690 m
- Southampton Hospital SchoolPupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Good, December 2022730 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Southampton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).