Bitterne Park School
Foundation secondary school in Southampton (Southampton).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Bitterne Park School is a secondary school located in Southampton. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 and currently has 2,015 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 2,000. It is part of the Reach Cooperative Trust. The school is led by Mr Stewart Roderick.
Key facts
- URN
- 116458
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1995
Governing body (9 current, 4 former)
iMaintained school governing body (trust-linked).1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Thomas Shepperd | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Dan Jeffery | Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Jess Bradley | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Gemma Stevens | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Claire Hooper | Governor | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Claire Pearce | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Josie Love | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Terri Burns | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Headteacher Stewart Roderick Confirmed same person | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 |
| Dr Matthew Bishop Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Tracey Fynan Former | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Glenn Bowyer Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Dr James Alexander Burfitt Former | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record