Bitterne Park School
Foundation school · sixth form · 2,036 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.1
Community special school
The Cedar School
- Pupils on roll
- 86of 90 places
- Free school meals
- 50.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 8
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 25 January 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 11 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Cedar School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 27% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
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 | The Cedar School | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 11 | 2,315 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 5% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 53% | 13% |
| — further education college | 27% | 24% | 37% |
| — other education | 73% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Where The Cedar School is
Other secondary schools in Southampton are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Southampton’s allocation statistics.
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.