Regents Park Community College

Academy converter·Secondary school Southampton·SO16 4GW
Composite score
53.8
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#2,061
National rank
#307
In South East
#7
In Southampton
Top 65%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
43.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
35%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
58%
% EBacc grade 5+
15%
EBacc average points score
3.76

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
124 first choices, 146 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
351
any preference, for 146 places

Southampton does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Regents Park Community College. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
847
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
24.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

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Location

Regents Park Community College at a glance

Located in Southampton, Regents Park Community College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 847 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 43.0 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 4.5 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

35% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 58% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 96% of the families who made Regents Park Community College their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 42% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Regents Park Community College does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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