Regents Park Community College
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Southampton, SO16 4GW
- Distance
- 1.5km away
Upper Shirley High School
Bellemoor Road, Upper Shirley, Southampton, SO15 7QU
Local ranking5th of 12 secondary schools in Southampton
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
990
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 22 October 2019. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 209
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1081
- Boys
- 587 (55%)
- Girls
- 475 (45%)
- Capacity
- 990 (107% full)
- SEND
- 13.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.8%
- EAL
- 33.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 10.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,653/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 57.0%
- White Other: 13.4%
- Asian Indian: 6.1%
- Black African: 5.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
- Asian Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.8%
57.0%
White British
13.4%
White Other
6.1%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137037
- UKPRN
- 10034754
- Establishment No.
- 4275
- Trust
- HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST
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