Regents Park Community College

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Regents Park Community College
Address
King Edward Avenue Southampton , Hampshire England
Information
Type	Foundation school
Local authority	Southampton
Department for Education URN	116450 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Samantha Barnes
Gender	mixed
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	785
Website	http://www.regentsparkcollege.org.uk

Regents Park Community College is a mixed Comprehensive School in West Southampton, Hampshire, in the south of England. The most recent Ofsted inspection was in April 2018 when the inspectors reported that "Teaching is characterised by highly effective planning, secure subject knowledge among the teachers, the use of a wide range of teaching strategies and the use of detailed information about pupils." The Ofsted report can be found here

Previously, Regents Park had been placed into special measures during the 10–11 July 2013 Ofsted inspection, after being rated 'inadequate'.^{[citation needed]}

Acceptance of boys

As part of Southampton City Council's review of secondary education, called "Learning Futures", the school started accepting boys from September 2008. .

Southampton Cooperative Learning Trust

The school has a group called the Southampton Cooperative Learning Trust or The Regents Park Family of Schools.^[1] The group contains a number of schools in Southampton:

• Banister Infant & Nursery School
• Foundry Lane Primary School
• Freemantle C of E Academy
• Regents Park Community College
• St Johns Primary & Nursery School
• St Mark's Primary and Secondary School

Notable former pupils

• Len Stansbridge (1919–1986), goalkeeper for Southampton in the period either side of the Second World War.^[2]
• Manisha Tank, former BBC World presenter, and currently with CNN.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Family of Schools - Regents Park Community College". regentsparkcollege.org.uk. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013.
2. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. p. 582. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.

External links

• The school's website
• Learning Futures website
• The school on Ofsted's website