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Redbridge Community School

URN
116453
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Redbridge Community School
URN
116453
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

56 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

36

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

50

Destinations

31

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#9 of 10 schools in Southampton

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Redbridge Community School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Accessible
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 7 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Redbridge Community School

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
14 September 2023
Inspection date
12 July 2023
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 14 September 2023

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 14 September 2023

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

199

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

261

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

190

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.31×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Southampton
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Southampton)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.redbridgecommunityschool.com

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Southampton to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

32.2

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

24.5%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

43.5%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

22.7%

EBacc achievement

Location

SO16 9RJ - Cuckmere Lane, Southampton, Hampshire

Contact details

Address
Cuckmere Lane, Southampton, Hampshire
Postcode
SO16 9RJ
Phone
2380771381
Website
www.redbridgecommunityschool.com
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Southampton
Local authority code
852

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 182 schools in Southampton.

Authority statistics

Total schools

182

Open schools

87

Closed schools

95

Primary schools

110

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 14 September 2023

  • Personal development

    Outstanding

    Graded 14 September 2023

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 14 September 2023

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    14 September 202312 July 2023S5 InspectionGoodView report for inspection published 14 September 2023
    • Good

      Published
      14 September 2023
      Inspected
      12 July 2023
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    72.8%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 174

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    9.7%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    67.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    9.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    3.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    16.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    22

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary110 (61.1%)
    • Secondary22 (12.2%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other48 (26.7%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Redbridge Primary School255 mPrimaryOpen
    Mansel Junior School832 mPrimaryClosed
    Mansel Infant School832 mPrimaryClosed
    Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools832 mPrimaryOpen
    Wimpson First School857 mPrimaryClosed
    Newlands Junior School915 mPrimaryClosed
    Newlands Infant School915 mPrimaryClosed
    Newlands Primary School915 mPrimaryOpen
    Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases939 mPrimaryOpen
    Wimpson Middle School995 mMiddle deemed primaryClosed
    • Redbridge Primary School
      Distance
      255 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Mansel Junior School
      Distance
      832 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Mansel Infant School
      Distance
      832 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools
      Distance
      832 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Southampton)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Bitterne Park SchoolSecondarySO18 1BUOpen
    Cantell SchoolSecondarySO16 3GJOpen
    Chamberlayne College for the ArtsSecondarySO19 9QPClosed
    Grove Park Business and Enterprise CollegeSecondarySO19 9LXClosed
    Inspire Enterprise AcademySecondarySO14 5GLClosed
    • Bitterne Park School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SO18 1BU
      Status
      Open
    • Cantell School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SO16 3GJ
      Status
      Open
    • Chamberlayne College for the Arts
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SO19 9QP
      Status
      Closed
    • Grove Park Business and Enterprise College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SO19 9LX
      Status
      Closed
    • Inspire Enterprise Academy
    Wimpson First School
    Distance
    857 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Newlands Junior School
    Distance
    915 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Newlands Infant School
    Distance
    915 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Newlands Primary School
    Distance
    915 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases
    Distance
    939 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Wimpson Middle School
    Distance
    995 m
    Phase
    Middle deemed primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    SO14 5GL
    Status
    Closed