Bitterne Park School
Foundation school · sixth form · 2,036 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.1
Foundation school
Woodlands Community College
- Pupils on roll
- 907of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 56.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 176
- Ofsted
- Good, 13 September 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Woodlands Community College has no sixth form. Of the 127 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 49% moved to a sixth form college, 24% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 49% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
13% 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 35.5 against 46.1 across England and 41.9 in Southampton, with 16% 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 | Woodlands Community College | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 127 | 2,315 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 80% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 75% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 5% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 49% | 53% | 13% |
| — further education college | 24% | 24% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 13% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 8% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Woodlands Community College | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 35.5 | 41.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 16% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 40% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 24% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.07 | 3.71 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 53% | 39% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.0 | 31.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.8 | 48.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 28% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 175 | 99% | 88% | 5% | 22% | 44% |
| English Literature | 175 | 99% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 51% |
| English Language | 175 | 99% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 50% |
| Combined Science | 148 | 84% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 37% |
| History | 89 | 51% | 41% | 15% | 26% | 53% |
| Geography | 70 | 40% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 59% |
| Art and Design | 38 | 22% | 7% | 3% | 24% | 61% |
| Sociology | 35 | 20% | 4% | 9% | 21% | 66% |
| Photography | 27 | 15% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 56% |
| Physics | 27 | 15% | 23% | 22% | 46% | 59% |
| Media Studies | 23 | 13% | 4% | 4% | 20% | 26% |
| Spanish | 21 | 12% | 19% | 38% | 27% | 71% |
| French | 20 | 11% | 18% | 25% | 29% | 65% |
| Religious Studies | 18 | 10% | 31% | 22% | 32% | 44% |
| Biology | 17 | 10% | 23% | 41% | 45% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 17 | 10% | 23% | 29% | 47% | 100% |
| Polish | 7 | 4% | 1% | 86% | 84% | 86% |
| Textiles | 6 | 3% | 2% | 17% | 27% | 83% |
| Chinese | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Portuguese | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Persian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 40 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 32 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 31 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 30 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 25 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 19 | — | — |
| Tourism | 17 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 15 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 9 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 9 | — | — |
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
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.