Bitterne Park School
Foundation school · sixth form · 2,036 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.1
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Great Oaks School
- Pupils on roll
- 369of 280 places
- Free school meals
- 70.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 48
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 28 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Great Oaks School (URN 116621, until 1 April 2017).
What the data says
Of the 34 pupils who finished Year 11 at Great Oaks School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Great Oaks School’s own sixth form (Southampton average 5%), 65% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 1.0 against 46.1 across England and 41.9 in Southampton, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% 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 | Great Oaks School | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 34 | 2,315 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 94% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 5% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 6% | 53% | 13% |
| — further education college | 65% | 24% | 37% |
| — other education | 24% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Great Oaks School | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 1.0 | 41.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.02 | 3.71 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 73% | 39% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 1.1 | 31.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 0.5 | 48.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 27% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Art | 10 | 21% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 50% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 2% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
Other secondary schools in Southampton
Cantell School
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Oasis Academy Lord's Hill
Academy sponsor led · 667 pupils
69% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.0
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
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.