Bitterne Park School
Dimond Road, Southampton, SO18 1BU
2,036 pupils · 102% of 2,000 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- Reach Cooperative Trust
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 31.3%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 May 2024, published 18 June 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 35.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 60.8% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 40.1% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.01 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 332 | 336 | 702 | 332 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 324 | 319 | 638 | 324 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 314 | 330 | 679 | 314 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 311 | 353 | 698 | 311 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 319 | 452 | 854 | 319 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 314 | 409 | 838 | 314 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 316 | 422 | 826 | 316 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 331 | 415 | 764 | 331 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton 2 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Cantell School 2.5 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Woodlands Community College 2.5 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Oasis Academy Sholing 2.8 km · No overall grade (2025)
- St Anne's Catholic School 3.1 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Upper Shirley High School 3.8 km · Good (2019) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.