Regents Park Community College is a mixed Comprehensive School in West

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, in the south of

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. 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 foun
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' Previously, Regents Park had been placed into special measures during the 10–11 July 2013 Ofsted inspection, after being rated 'inadequate'.

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. 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 School

Notable former pupils

* Len Stansbridge (1919–1986),

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. * Manisha Tank, former BBC World presenter, and currently with CNN.

References

External links

The school's website

Learning Futures website

The school on Ofsted's website
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