Secondary school

Redbridge Community School

  • Foundation School
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Southampton
  • SO16 9RJ
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jul 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,192 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 98%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 95%95%2016/17: top 75%75% · 2016/172017/18: top 87%2018/19: top 82%2021/22: top 92%2022/23: top 87%2023/24: top 97%2024/25: top 98%No exams

Against South East

Attainment 832.2 · South East 461/10 Well below South East−5.2 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths24.5% · South East 44.8%2/10 Well below South East
EBacc point score2.63 · South East 4.031/10 Well below South East−9.6 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.99 · South East +0.011/10 Well below South East−21.3 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 40.3 · 203 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 41.7 · 181 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 38.4 · 190 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 39.8 · 188 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 38.1 · 208 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 37.9 · 209 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 32.2 · 213 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 32.2 · 216 pupils · South East 4641.732.2No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 30% · 181 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 32% · 190 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 27% · 188 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 25% · 208 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 27% · 209 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 17.4% · 213 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 24.5% · 216 pupils · South East 44.8%32%17.4%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in95.2%
219 of 230 who put it first2014 · 99.0%2026 · 95.2%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st230219
2nd462
3rd442

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Outstanding
  2. 2013Outstanding
  3. 2016Requires improvement
  4. 2018Good
  5. 2023Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,106
Free school meals (past 6 years)55.7%
First language not English11.8%
SEN support27.4%
EHC plan5.1%
Absence (sessions missed)14.4%
Persistently absent pupils37.2%

Girls 46.2%Boys 53.8%

99.5% full · 1,112 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher12.0
Pupils per adult10.4
  • Classroom teachers 85
  • Leadership 7
  • Teaching assistants 9.4
  • Other support 17.5

Teachers 92 FTE · Whole workforce 118.9 · 125 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£10,550
Spend per pupil£9,816
Staff spend per pupil£7,330
Reserve per pupil£1,872
  • +£2,070,571revenue reserve
  • +£810,892in-year balance

Grants £10,317 · self-generated £233 · premises £852 per pupil

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

213 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained79.3%
  • Education68.5%
  • Apprenticeship5.6%
  • Employment5.2%
  • Not sustained14.1%
  • Unknown6.6%