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Redbridge Community School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 29 29.1 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
29.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
18.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.99 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 32.2[5] 24.5%[5]
2023/24 32.2[3] 17.4%[3] -0.99[3]
2022/23 37.9[6] 27%[6] -1.00[6]
2021/22 38.1[7] 25%[7] -0.70[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
79% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
33% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
34% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[8]
Employment
9% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 79%[9] 0%[9] 32%[9] 32%[9] 5%[9] 10%[9]
2020/21 85%[10] 0%[10] 35%[10] 35%[10] 5%[10] 10%[10]
2019/20 89%[11] 0%[11] 41%[11] 40%[11] 3%[11] 4%[11]
2018/19 87%[12] 0%[12] 39%[12] 32%[12] 6%[12] 9%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
12 Jul 2023[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
14 Sep 2023[13]
Personal development
Outstanding[13]
Quality of education
Good[13]
Overall effectiveness
Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
30 Jan 2018[14] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[14] Good[14]
Date not published[15] Section 8 Inspection due to Parental Complaint[15] Requires improvement[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
320 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
230 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
223 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 261[16] 174[16] 199[16] 1.3[16] 0.9[16]
Entry Sept 2024 316[16] 211[16] 206[16] 1.5[16] 1.0[16]
Entry Sept 2023 262[16] 185[16] 202[16] 1.3[16] 0.9[16]
Entry Sept 2022 280[16] 193[16] 202[16] 1.4[16] 1.0[16]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[17]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1112[1]
Trust
Reach Cooperative Trust[1]
Local authority
Southampton[1]
Website
www.redbridgecommunityschool.co.uk[1]
District
Southampton[18]
Postcode
SO16 9RJ[1]
URN
116453[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1120 2024/25[19]
English as an additional language
11.8% 2024/25[19]
SEN support
27.4% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan
5.1% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
55.7% 2024/25[19]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
90.5%[20]
Mixed
3.7%[20]
Asian
2.6%[20]
Black
2.5%[20]
Any other ethnic group
0.4%[20]
Unclassified
0.3%[20]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. redbridgecommunityschool.co.uk: redbridgecommunityschool.co.uk — Admissions Arrangements Policy 1 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    For an application to be on-time, it must be made by 23:59 on the 31 October 2025. (p. 3)
  18. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.