Regents Park Community College
King Edward Avenue, Southampton, SO16 4GW
This school is closed (it closed in December 2025).
It was replaced by Regents Park Community College. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Barnes
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Southampton Test
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 810
- Pupils on roll
- 847
- URN
- 116450
- Local authority
- Southampton
About this school
Regents Park Community College was a foundation secondary school in Southampton. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 847 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Regents Park Community College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 177 | 175 | 188 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.6 | 38.5 | 43.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.34 -0.56 to -0.13 | -0.72 -0.93 to -0.50 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 37.1% | 34.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 55.4% | 58% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 34% | 20.6% | 30.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Regents Park Community College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Southampton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42.6 | 38 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.5 | 34.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43 | 34 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 899 |
| 2023/24 | 875 |
| 2024/25 | 847 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Regents Park Community College compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43 | 10.5% | 41.6% | 847 | — |
| Regents Park Community College | — | — | — | 812 | 0.0 miles |
| Upper Shirley High School | 47 | 8.3% | 29.8% | 1,062 | 0.9 miles |
| Oasis Academy Lord's Hill | 37 | 18.8% | 49.1% | 667 | 1.0 miles |
| Redbridge Community School | 32.2 | 14.4% | 55.7% | 1,106 | 1.1 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic School | 55.6 | 7.2% | 33.2% | 1,189 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.56%
- English as an additional language
- 24.4%
- Overall absence
- 10.51%
- Persistent absence
- 28.21%
Location
Nearby schools
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Regents Park Community College0.0 miles
Secondary · Southampton
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Upper Shirley High School0.9 miles
Secondary · Southampton
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Oasis Academy Lord's Hill1.0 miles
Secondary · Southampton
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Redbridge Community School1.1 miles
Secondary · Southampton
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St Anne's Catholic School1.7 miles
Secondary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
- Applemore College Secondary
- Bitterne Park School Secondary
- Brookfield Community School Secondary
- Cantell School Secondary
- Deer Park School Secondary
- Hounsdown School Secondary
- Lift New Forest Secondary
- Noadswood School Secondary
- Oasis Academy Lord's Hill Secondary
- Oasis Academy Mayfield Secondary
- Oasis Academy Sholing Secondary
- Redbridge Community School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Regents Park Community College teach?
- Regents Park Community College taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Southampton.
- Has Regents Park Community College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Regents Park Community College under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Regents Park Community College?
- Regents Park Community College had 847 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Regents Park Community College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.6 in 2022/23 and 43 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Regents Park Community College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Regents Park Community College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2025.