Structural and chemical stability of the immobilized polyoxometalates (POMs)-containing catalysts is one crucial factor for their industrial application. In this work, we discuss the preparation of a novel P2W15@Al2O3 catalyst using a facile condensation reaction between the tri-lacunary POM of Na12[α-P2W15O56]·24H2O (P2W15) and the hydroxyl groups on the surface of the spherical γ-Al2O3 under acidic conditions. The heterogeneous catalyst was characterized by the 31 P NMR, FT-IR, XRD, XPS, TG, Raman, HR-TEM and BET. The P2W15@Al2O3 catalyst showed excellent stability, highly efficient reactivity and selectivity for the oxygenation of thioethers to sulfoxides which are a very useful intermediate in organic synthesis and industrial preparation of drugs. The catalyst could be recycled and reused at least ten times without any observable loss of its catalytic efficiency, mainly due to the covalently grafted {P2W15} cluster and high dispersion onto the γ-Al2O3 surface.Polyoxometalates (POMs) are a class of discrete anionic metal-oxides of V, Mo, W and Nb etc.