Secondary school in Southampton
Regents Park Community College
King Edward Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 4GW
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 13 March 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 812
- Places
- 900
- How full
- 90% full — 812 of 900 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 375 / 437
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Southampton 015B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 34%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 17%
- Households owning their home
- 63%
- Households in social housing
- 2%
- Households with no car
- 21%
- Adults economically inactive
- 27%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Samantha Barnes
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Ward
- Millbrook
- Constituency
- Southampton Test
- URN
- 152205
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Shirley High SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 47 | 0.9 mi |
| St Mark's Church of England SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2022 | — | 0.9 mi |
| Oasis Academy Lord's HillAcademy sponsor led | Inadequate 2024 | 37 | 1 mi |
| Redbridge Community SchoolFoundation school | Good 2023 | 32.2 | 1.1 mi |
| King Edward VI SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.1 mi |
| St Anne's Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Outstanding 2022 | 55.6 | 1.7 mi |
| Testwood SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 42.9 | 2.2 mi |
| Cantell SchoolFoundation school | Outstanding 2024 | 46.9 | 2.3 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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