Bitterne Park School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Southampton City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2017–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bitterne Park School is a secondary school in Southampton for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Bitterne Park 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Year 7 2026 had 336 first-choice applications for 332 offers; 297 offers went to first-choice families, and 39 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 36% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
- In 2024/25 the A level average grade was C- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was below average.
- The school has 14.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.4 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Southampton.
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
- Dimond Road, Bitterne Park, Southampton, SO18 1BU
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 2,036 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, including those in the sixth form, describe the school as a ‘close community’ where ‘teachers really care for us’.”
- “Pupils feel happy and safe because they know that staff listen and help when they have concerns.”
- “Pupils typically behave and communicate respectfully in lessons, at social times and as they move around the school.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, expectations for pupils’ writing, spelling and punctuation are not as high as they could be and pupils’ misconceptions are not always addressed.”
- “Last year, the school’s published outcomes were lower than expected.”
- “Although suspensions have risen as pupils adjust to the new behaviour policy, well-thought-through procedures are in place to reduce this.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2024 (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) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
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: 336 first-preference applications, 332 offers in total, 297 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.
- Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cantell School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woodlands Community College 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Sholing 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic School 1.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Upper Shirley High School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Mayfield 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Weston Secondary School 2.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published