Bitterne Park School
Foundation school · sixth form · 2,036 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.1
Academy sponsor led
Weston Secondary School
- Pupils on roll
- 653of 999 places
- Free school meals
- 61.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 166
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 6 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Chamberlayne College for the Arts (URN 116454, until 31 December 2019).
What the data says
Weston Secondary School has no sixth form. Of the 59 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 34% moved to a sixth form college, 34% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 31.1 against 46.1 across England and 41.9 in Southampton, with 24% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 34% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 8% 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 | Weston Secondary School | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 59 | 2,315 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 69% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 5% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 34% | 53% | 13% |
| — further education college | 34% | 24% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 12% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Weston Secondary School | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 31.1 | 41.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 10% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.73 | 3.71 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 54% | 39% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 25.3 | 31.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 38.0 | 48.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 40% | 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 | 158 | 95% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 46% |
| English Language | 158 | 95% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 49% |
| English Literature | 150 | 90% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 41% |
| Combined Science | 145 | 87% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 38% |
| Geography | 89 | 54% | 41% | 12% | 25% | 40% |
| History | 53 | 32% | 41% | 6% | 26% | 30% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 46 | 28% | 8% | 2% | 21% | 24% |
| Computer Science | 41 | 25% | 13% | 5% | 30% | 39% |
| Fine Art | 37 | 22% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 14% |
| Media Studies | 21 | 13% | 4% | 10% | 20% | 29% |
| Drama | 19 | 11% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| French | 13 | 8% | 18% | 8% | 29% | 54% |
| Biology | 7 | 4% | 23% | 57% | 45% | 71% |
| Chemistry | 6 | 4% | 23% | 67% | 47% | 83% |
| Physics | 6 | 4% | 23% | 33% | 46% | 83% |
| Polish | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Religious Studies | 3 | 2% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
| Portuguese | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Spanish | 2 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing Engineering | 53 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 35 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 30 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 20 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 20 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 15 | — | — |
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.