Secondary education

Southampton City Council is the local education authority and has responsibility for community and secondary schools within the Southampton local authority boundary.

All community secondary schools are comprehensive and have a designated catchment area for children aged from 11 to 16 and cater for children of all abilities. Most schools are for both girls and boys but there are also single sex schools.

Information on the Councils admissions and admission policies can be found on the City Council's website.

Southampton schools Ofsted and Attainment reports are readily available: Key Stage 2 Achievements and Attainment tables for 2010 and Ofsted reports

Hampshire County Council is the local education authority for schools in Hampshire outside Southampton and Portsmouth.

Information on UK schools accredited by the Independent Schools Council can be found here.