Regents Park Community College is located on a site which in 2013 will have seen a century of educational history with the school dating back to 1913. It is situated in the pleasant residential area of the west of the city in close reach of the City Centre, the Waterside and the New Forest. The college is conveniently located close to the main bus routes from the City Centre. The college welcomes students from all areas of the city and beyond while having very close links with the primary phase schools within the Regents Park Family of Schools; Foundry Lane Primary, St Mark’s Primary, St John’s Primary, Freemantle CoE Academy and Bannister schools, the college has students from more than twenty different primary schools.
The college’s indoor Swimming Pool is used by students during their PE lessons and after school activities. It is used evenings and at weekends throughout the year by local community and city wide swimming clubs and community groups. Though Regents Park Community College is positioned on a confined site the college has a flood lit external hard court facilities in Richville Road, adjacent to the main school site, a well used enclosed grassed pitch area and a fenced external area for the playing of recreational ball games during breaks as well as before and after school. The Physical Education curriculum area also uses the many local sports facilities to enhance student opportunity in sport and PE; Southampton Sports Centre, Woodmill, SWAC Watersports Centre and the wide range of local outdoor education facilities.
All our teaching rooms are suited so that the students study within dedicated subject areas all of which are equipped with interactive white boards (IWBs), media facilities, electronic learning aids and banks of laptops for student use. There are also dedicated ICT rooms with the very latest technology; PCs and Apple Macs are used across the school. As well as daily use by our students the college’s large hall, two drama studios, dance studio and gymnasium are centres for our many community based groups.
The dining room is a busy venue for the young people with a wide choice of hot and cold, fresh, healthy food which is cooked and prepared on the premises; there is a daily selection of fresh fruit and drinks. Breakfast is available from 8am each day with a range of healthy snacks available during the mid- morning break. During break and lunch times, the students have use of the pleasant external areas including a covered quad area with tables and benches, an area where ball games can be played, external table tennis tables and during the summer months, weather permitting, a grassed picnic area.
The Learning Centre and Library is available for quiet study during the lunch break, before and after college in addition to its extensive use during the timetabled day.
