Regents Park Community College
Regents Park Community College is a converter academy in Southampton for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 812 pupils and room for 900. About 43 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
King Edward Avenue, Southampton, SO16 4GW023 8032 5444regentsparkcollege.org.ukMrs Samantha Barnes headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 13 March 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
188 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England. These are the results of Regents Park Community College, the school this one replaced.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025† | 2024† | 2023† | 2022† | 2019† | 2018† | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 188 | 175 | 177 | 173 | 125 | 133 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 43.0 | 38.5 | 42.6 | 43.7 | 40.5 | 44.2 | 42.6 | 46.8 |
| Progress from age 11Progress 8 | – | -0.72 | -0.34 | -0.29 | -0.16 | +0.35 | – | – |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 35% | 37% | 33% | 34% | 27% | 39% | 40% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 58% | 55% | 55% | 59% | 47% | 58% | 58% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 3.76 | 2.89 | 3.48 | 3.48 | 3.25 | 3.62 | 3.78 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 31% | 21% | 34% | 32% | 18% | 28% | 38% | 41% |
| Average GCSE score: low-income pupilsAttainment 8, disadvantaged | 33.0 | 28.5 | 31.4 | 33.7 | 34.8 | 36.0 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: other pupilsAttainment 8, non-disadvantaged | 49.3 | 43.7 | 48.6 | 47.6 | 44.1 | 49.3 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started behindAttainment 8, low prior attainers | – | 19.1 | 23.1 | 32.0 | 26.3 | 27.2 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started aheadAttainment 8, high prior attainers | – | 59.4 | 60.5 | 63.8 | 50.6 | 61.6 | – | – |
† These results are for Regents Park Community College, the school this one replaced in January 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Southampton council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (59), emotional and mental health (55), Moderate learning difficulty (37), language and communications needs (19), Other difficulty or disability (14), Specific learning difficulty (8).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 89.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 91.4%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 10.5% | 11.7% | 11.4% | 9.2% | 6.0% | 6.5% | 8.6% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 6.2% | 6.2% | 6.0% | 5.5% | 3.5% | 3.8% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 4.3% | 5.5% | 5.4% | 3.7% | 2.5% | 2.7% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 28.2% | 29.4% | 31.7% | 25.8% | 16.9% | 16.8% | 23.9% |
† These attendance figures are for Regents Park Community College, the school this one replaced in January 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Money
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other secondary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Shirley High School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 1,062 | Good 2019 | 52 | Compare |
| St Mark's Church of England School | Church of England | 0.9 miles | 1,129 | Good 2022 | 35 | Compare |
| Oasis Academy Lord's Hill | Academy | 1.0 miles | 667 | Inadequate 2024 | 1 | Compare |
| Redbridge Community School | Foundation | 1.1 miles | 1,106 | Good 2023 | 6 | Compare |
| St Anne's Catholic School | Academy | 1.7 miles | 1,189 | Outstanding 2022 | 91 | Compare |
| Testwood School | Academy | 2.2 miles | 820 | Not inspected | 11 | Compare |
| Cantell School | Foundation | 2.3 miles | 1,313 | Outstanding 2024 | 78 | Compare |
| Hounsdown School | Academy | 2.5 miles | 1,283 | Good 2024 | 43 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Regents Park Community College a good school?
Regents Park Community College doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in March 2024.
What is Regents Park Community College's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Regents Park Community College good at its last full inspection on 13 March 2024.
How good are Regents Park Community College's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 35% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 43.0, against 46.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished most of a grade behind children across England who started secondary school at the same level.
How many pupils does Regents Park Community College have?
812 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 900 places, so it is 90% full.
What is attendance like at Regents Park Community College?
Pupils were in school 89.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 91.4%. 28% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Regents Park Community College?
The average class had 25.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 22.8. 4% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
Does Regents Park Community College have a sixth form?
No. Pupils leave after Year 11 for a sixth form elsewhere, a college or an apprenticeship.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- King Edward Avenue, Southampton, SO16 4GW
- Telephone
- 023 8032 5444
- Website
- www.regentsparkcollege.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Barnes
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Secondary school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- United Learning Trust (98 schools)
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Ward
- Millbrook
- Constituency
- Southampton Test
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 2026 (academy converter)
- URN
- 152205 · LAESTAB 8524262 · UKPRN 10099342
- Formerly
- Regents Park Community College
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.