South East
Secondary schools in Southampton
81 schools, 34,805 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 35.5.
Ofsted across Southampton
Good29
Outstanding7
Requires improvement3
Inadequate1
No overall grade41
40 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 41 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Southampton
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College SouthamptonVoluntary aided school | Southampton | Outstanding 2023 | 60 |
| St Anne's Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | Outstanding 2022 | 55.6 |
| Upper Shirley High SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | No grade | 47 |
| Cantell SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | Outstanding 2024 | 46.9 |
| Oasis Academy SholingAcademy sponsor led | Southampton | No grade | 43.3 |
| Bitterne Park SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | Good 2024 | 43.1 |
| Oasis Academy Lord's HillAcademy sponsor led | Southampton | Inadequate 2024 | 37 |
| Oasis Academy MayfieldAcademy sponsor led | Southampton | Good 2024 | 37 |
| Woodlands Community CollegeFoundation school | Southampton | Good 2022 | 35.5 |
| Redbridge Community SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | Good 2023 | 32.2 |
| Weston Secondary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Southampton | Requires improvement 2024 | 31.1 |
| St Mark's Church of England SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Southampton | Good 2022 | — |
| Regents Park Community CollegeAcademy converter | Southampton | Good 2024 | — |