Bitterne Park School
Foundation school · sixth form · 2,036 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.1
Academy sponsor led
Oasis Academy Lord's Hill
- Pupils on roll
- 667of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 49.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 171
- Ofsted
- Inadequate, 4 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Millbrook Community School (URN 116456); Oaklands Community School (URN 116464).
What the data says
Of the 127 pupils who finished Year 11 at Oasis Academy Lord's Hill in 2023, 29% moved to a sixth form college, 37% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
14% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.0 against 46.1 across England and 41.9 in Southampton, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Southampton and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Oasis Academy Lord's Hill | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 127 | 2,315 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 69% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 5% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 29% | 53% | 13% |
| — further education college | 37% | 24% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 11% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 14% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Oasis Academy Lord's Hill | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 37.0 | 41.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 41% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.35 | 3.71 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 49% | 39% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 27.8 | 31.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.6 | 48.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 33% | 30% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 171 | 100% | 89% | 22% | 20% | 56% |
| Mathematics | 171 | 100% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 49% |
| English Literature | 170 | 99% | 86% | 24% | 21% | 60% |
| Combined Science | 112 | 65% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 21% |
| History | 104 | 61% | 41% | 23% | 26% | 47% |
| Geography | 64 | 37% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 45% |
| French | 64 | 37% | 18% | 11% | 29% | 31% |
| Physics | 58 | 34% | 23% | 22% | 46% | 72% |
| Biology | 58 | 34% | 23% | 33% | 45% | 78% |
| Chemistry | 58 | 34% | 23% | 22% | 47% | 74% |
| Photography | 40 | 23% | 6% | 8% | 19% | 38% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 36 | 21% | 8% | 3% | 21% | 22% |
| Computer Science | 28 | 16% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 32% |
| Fine Art | 20 | 12% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 50% |
| 3D Design | 15 | 9% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 20% |
| Dance | 8 | 5% | 1% | 13% | 27% | 75% |
| Polish | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Religious Studies | 1 | 1% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 42 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 35 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 11 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 9 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Southampton
Cantell School
Foundation school · 1,313 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Oasis Academy Mayfield
Academy sponsor led · 884 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.0
Oasis Academy Sholing
Academy sponsor led · 1,030 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3
Redbridge Community School
Foundation school · 1,106 pupils
67% stayed in education · Attainment 8 32.2
Regents Park Community College
Academy converter · 812 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.0
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.