Redbridge Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 12 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Southampton
Unique reference
116453
Address
Cuckmere Lane, SO16 9RJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1100 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.6%
Girls
47.4%
First language not English
12.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
49.8%
Persistent absence
30.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
26.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.7%
Other White 6.8%
Mixed 4.2%
African 2.2%
Other Asian 1.5%
Other 1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.29
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.9
Local authority average 42.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.22
Local authority average 3.67
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award95
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award41
Speech & DramaTechnical Award19
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE34
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE21
ChineseGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Redbridge Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
206
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
211
2nd preference
68
3rd preference
37
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
192
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
227
118
109
Year 8
225
123
102
Year 9
217
118
99
Year 10
216
116
100
Year 11
215
104
111
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
70.0%
82.4%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
23.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
6.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
35.0%
52.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
10.0%
5.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
8.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022