Cantell School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Southampton City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cantell School is a secondary school in Southampton for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 26 March 2024. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Cantell 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 had 318 first-choice applications for 239 offers, which is 1.3 first choices per offer, the 2nd highest of 11 Southampton secondary schools.
- 44% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 36.8% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Southampton.
- For Year 7 2026, 225 offers went to first-choice families, and 93 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- 49% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 46.9 (England 46).
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
- Violet Road, Bassett, Southampton, SO16 3GJ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,313 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 26 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are exceptionally proud to be part of the ‘Cantell family’.”
- “They thrive in this diverse and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils value the school’s positive ethos, as exemplified by the ‘Cantell Cs’ of challenge, cooperation, courtesy, commitment and creativity.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 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) | 49% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.9 | 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: 318 first-preference applications, 239 offers in total, 225 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 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Upper Shirley High School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bitterne Park School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic School 1.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Regents Park Community College 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Lord's Hill 2.4 mi Inadequate Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Sholing 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodlands Community College 3.1 mi Good Last distance published