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Regents Park Community College, Southampton

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Ages 11–16

Regents Park Community College is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Southampton, part of United Learning Trust.

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Oversubscribed
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Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days

Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Southampton (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Regents Park Community College in detail

Regents Park Community College in its own words

In its own words: "Our aim is to ensure learning takes place in a purposeful and well-disciplined environment which allows students to flourish and achieve more than we thought was possible. Staff have high expectations and strive for continued excellence, leading to exceptional academic progress and an enjoyment of learning."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include STEM and Duke of Edinburgh.

Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

Regents Park Community College has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 116450), its pupils had an average Attainment 8 score of 43.8 and 35% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above in the 2026 GCSE results.

Getting a place at Regents Park Community College

For September 2026 entry, 124 families put Regents Park Community College as their first choice and 351 named it as one of their preferences, for 146 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Regents Park Community College

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state secondary schools to Regents Park Community College are Upper Shirley High School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.6); St Mark's Church of England School (0.9 miles, Good); Oasis Academy Lord's Hill (1 mile, Inadequate, Attainment 8 38.7); and Redbridge Community School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 29.1).

Upper Shirley High SchoolSt Mark's Church of England SchoolOasis Academy Lord's HillRedbridge Community School

The trust

Regents Park Community College is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

All 98 schools in United Learning Trust

Where pupils go next

Of the 175 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 78% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 19% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Who goes there

43.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 41.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (52%), Asian (17%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 185 pupils (22.8%) received SEN support and 17 (2.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Millbrook (Hants) Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is King Edward Avenue (se-bound), 90 metres away.

The area around the school

In August 2026, police recorded 613 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Southampton (352), as is usual near a town centre.

Primary schools nearby

The primary schools closest to Regents Park Community College are Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School (0.4 miles), Foundry Lane Primary School (0.4 miles), Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School (0.5 miles) and Tanners Brook Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.

Wordsworth Primary and Nursery SchoolFoundry Lane Primary SchoolShirley Warren Primary & Nursery SchoolTanners Brook Primary School

Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE destination measures; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime

Location

Likely (~545m)Possible (~778m)Unlikely (~1.0km)

Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Samantha Barnes
Pupils:812
LA:Southampton
Phone:02380325444
Address:King Edward Avenue, Southampton, SO16 4GW
Trust:UNITED LEARNING TRUST (98 schools)
Admissions:Non-selective
Status:open
Opened:1 January 2026

Ofsted Rating

Regents Park Community College has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in January 2026. Before that, as Regents Park Community College (URN 116450), it was rated Good in November 2018.

URN:152205
UKPRN:10099342
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Southampton Test
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

About

Regents Park Community College is a coeducational Secondary School in West Southampton, Hampshire, in the south of England.

From Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

At a Glance

43.2%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Class Sizes

25.0

Avg class size

26

Total classes

1 class with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

Results at Regents Park Community College before it took its current form in 2026 (GCSE)

Academic year 2025/26

Published under the school's previous registration (URN 116450). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.

GCSE Results

2023
2024
2025
2026
Attainment 8 GCSE Eng+Maths

2025/26 academic year

Progress 8 has declined from -0.34 to -0.72 (2023 to 2024). Attainment 8 has improved from 42.6 to 43.8 (2023 to 2026). GCSE English & Maths 5+ has remained stable at around 35% (2023 to 2026).

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Getting There

Bus Stops

King Edward Avenue (SE-bound)
90m · 1 min walk
Clarendon Road (W-bound)
124m · 2 min walk
Percy Road (opp)
199m · 3 min walk
Tesco (N-bound)
330m · 5 min walk
Grange Road (NW-bound)
341m · 6 min walk

Free school transport

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You apply to the council where you live. Regents Park Community College is in Southampton; for families living there:

Apply to Southampton for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
60
Fatal
0
Serious
9
Children hurt
17

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 60 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 51 slight.

17 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot, 3 on a bicycle and 9 in a vehicle or otherwise.

15 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Southampton is 33 (the median across 87 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Regents Park Community College

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What the report includes for Regents Park Community College:

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  • Applications, first choices and offers at Regents Park Community College for 2026 entry.
  • How many families in Southampton got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
  • The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
  • Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

90%

Near capacity

812 pupils

900 places

88 spare places

as recorded on GIAS

Area Demand Pressure - Southampton

Low pressure
New homes approved:4,223
Projected new pupils:760

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Southampton

Across Southampton council

Low demand council-wide1.02 applications per place

Places available

2,620

Applications

2,668

Got 1st preference

83.4%

Got preferred school

93.4%

All secondary applications across Southampton council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

185

SEN Support

17

EHC Plans

24.9%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Autistic Spectrum Disorder59
Social, Emotional & Mental Health55
Moderate Learning Difficulty37
Speech, Language & Communication19
Other14
Specific Learning Difficulty8
Hearing Impairment4
Physical Disability2
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
51.6%
Asian
16.7%
Black
7.0%
Mixed
7.6%
Chinese
0.6%
Other
1.6%
Unclassified
0.2%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals43.2%
English as Additional Language41.3%

812

Total Pupils

437

Boys

375

Girls

2026 academic year

Absence at Regents Park Community College before it took its current form in 2026
2024/25

Published under the school's previous registration (URN 116450). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.

10.5%

Overall absence

28.2%

Persistent absence

879

Enrolments

Authorised6.2%
Unauthorised4.3%
Persistent (10%+)28.2%
Severe (50%+)5.1%

Absence trend

6.4%
18/19
6.0%
20/21
9.2%
21/22
11.3%
22/23
11.7%
23/24
10.5%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Regents Park Community College

Are there exam results for Regents Park Community College?

Regents Park Community College has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 116450), its pupils had an average Attainment 8 score of 43.8 and 35% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above in the 2026 GCSE results.

What is Regents Park Community College's Ofsted rating?

Regents Park Community College has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in January 2026. Before that, as Regents Park Community College (URN 116450), it was rated Good in November 2018.

What is the catchment area for Regents Park Community College?

No fixed boundary. When Regents Park Community College is oversubscribed, Southampton allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

How big are the classes at Regents Park Community College?

Classes at Regents Park Community College average 25 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Regents Park Community College?

Regents Park Community College has around 812 pupils on roll. 43% are eligible for free school meals.

How do I apply to Regents Park Community College?

Apply through Southampton's coordinated admissions process, naming Regents Park Community College on your application. Applications for Year 7 places starting in September 2027 close on Saturday 31 October 2026, and offers are made on Monday 1 March 2027.

How many road collisions happen near Regents Park Community College?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 60 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 51 slight. 17 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot, 3 on a bicycle and 9 in a vehicle or otherwise. 15 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Southampton is 33 (the median across 87 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Regents Park Community College?

Regents Park Community College is at King Edward Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 4GW.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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