Redbridge Community School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Southampton City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2017–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Redbridge Community School is a secondary school in Southampton for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2023. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Redbridge Community School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 25% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, lowest of this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest Southampton secondary schools that have results.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 230 first-choice applications for 223 offers; 219 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2022, but places ran out in 2 of the 4 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Here 59% of pupils are eligible for free school meals and there are 12 pupils per teacher; the 8 nearest Southampton secondary schools' middle figures are 36.8% and 15.2.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southampton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cuckmere Lane, Southampton, SO16 9RJ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,106 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Redbridge Community School.”
- “The school is an important beacon in the local area with a strong sense of community.”
- “Pupils respond well to the values of aspiration, excellence, respect and opportunity which permeate the school.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, however, teachers do not take enough account of pupils’ previous knowledge to plan ambitious learning that builds successfully on what pupils already know.”
- “In addition, sometimes teachers do not check carefully enough that pupils have grasped key concepts before moving on to new content.”
- “Leaders know that there is more to do to ensure improvements to the attendance of some pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 25% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 32.2 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 230 first-preference applications, 223 offers in total, 219 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Southampton.
- Oasis Academy Lord's Hill 1.0 mi Inadequate Last distance published
- Regents Park Community College 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Upper Shirley High School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic School 2.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Cantell School 3.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton 4.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bitterne Park School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Sholing 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published