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Bitterne Park School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 41 40.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
40.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
32.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
4.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.19 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 43.1[6] 35.6%[6]
2023/24 43.9[4] 36.9%[4] -0.19[4]
2022/23 43.3[7] 33%[7] -0.48[7]
2021/22 50.2[8] 44%[8] -0.12[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
5.3% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 6.3%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 15%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
12% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
53% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
21% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[15] 14%[15] 58%[15] 14%[15] 3%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 18%[16] 56%[16] 13%[16] 2%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 19%[17] 57%[17] 15%[17] 2%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 27%[18] 52%[18] 9%[18] 3%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
72% 2022/23[19]
Education
41% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
27% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 80%[20] 45%[20] 5%[20] 30%[20]
2020/21 87%[21] 52%[21] 7%[21] 28%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 71%[22] 4%[22] 8%[22]
2018/19 82%[23] 58%[23] 7%[23] 18%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
47% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
5% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
8% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 54%[26] 14%[26]
2019/20 66%[25] 8%[25] 8%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 55%[27] 9%[27] 4%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 58%[28] 10%[28] 10%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
8 May 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
18 Jun 2024[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
17 Jan 2023[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
29 Nov 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
702 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
336 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
332 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 638[32] 319[32] 324[32] 2.0[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2024 679[32] 330[32] 314[32] 2.2[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2023 698[32] 353[32] 311[32] 2.2[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2022 854[32] 452[32] 319[32] 2.7[32] 1.4[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
2000[1]
Trust
Reach Cooperative Trust[1]
Local authority
Southampton[1]
Website
http://www.bitterneparkschool.org.uk/[1]
District
Southampton[33]
Postcode
SO18 1BU[1]
URN
116458[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
2015 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
18.1% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
17.3% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
6.4% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
30.5% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
76.2%[35]
Mixed
8.3%[35]
Asian
9.3%[35]
Black
4.8%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.1%[35]
Unclassified
0.3%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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