Bitterne Park School
Foundation school · sixth form · 2,036 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.1
Academy sponsor led
Oasis Academy Sholing
- Pupils on roll
- 1,030of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 36.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 205
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 4 February 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Sholing Technology College (URN 116451, until 31 August 2018).
What the data says
Of the 208 pupils who finished Year 11 at Oasis Academy Sholing in 2023, 59% moved to a sixth form college, 22% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 59% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 45% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.3 against 46.1 across England and 41.9 in Southampton, with 41% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 Sholing | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 208 | 2,315 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | — | 5% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 59% | 53% | 13% |
| — further education college | 22% | 24% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Oasis Academy Sholing | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.3 | 41.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 49% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.92 | 3.71 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 30% | 39% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.3 | 31.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.6 | 48.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 12% | 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 | 205 | 100% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 71% |
| Mathematics | 205 | 100% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 64% |
| English Literature | 205 | 100% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 65% |
| Combined Science | 171 | 83% | 65% | 14% | 9% | 58% |
| Geography | 149 | 73% | 41% | 16% | 25% | 58% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 92 | 45% | 8% | 15% | 21% | 64% |
| History | 63 | 31% | 41% | 21% | 26% | 57% |
| Spanish | 52 | 25% | 19% | 13% | 27% | 52% |
| French | 45 | 22% | 18% | 9% | 29% | 40% |
| Religious Studies | 39 | 19% | 31% | 38% | 32% | 79% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 15% | 23% | 30% | 47% | 87% |
| Physics | 30 | 15% | 23% | 30% | 46% | 83% |
| Biology | 30 | 15% | 23% | 30% | 45% | 87% |
| Photography | 29 | 14% | 6% | 17% | 19% | 79% |
| Art and Design | 18 | 9% | 7% | 6% | 24% | 39% |
| Drama | 18 | 9% | 7% | 6% | 27% | 72% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 8% | 13% | 19% | 30% | 50% |
| Media Studies | 16 | 8% | 4% | 44% | 20% | 81% |
| Polish | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 67 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 24 | — | — |
| Tourism | 19 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Southampton
Cantell School
Foundation school · 1,313 pupils
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
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.