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Alderwood School[1]

Secondary · All-through · ages 4–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 41 41.1 2025/26[2]
KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 70% 70% 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
41.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
35.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
5.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.59 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 42.2[6] 39.8%[6]
2023/24 39.5[4] 33.8%[4] -0.59[4]
2022/23 38.4[7] 31%[7] -1.05[7]
2021/22 40.7[8] 37%[8] -0.89[8]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
70% 2024/25[3]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
14% 2024/25[3]
Reading, average scaled score
107 2024/25[3]
Maths, average scaled score
106 2024/25[3]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[9]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 74%[10] 8%[10] 107[10] 107[10]
2022/23 69%[11] 9%[11] 107[11] 106[11]
2018/19 85%[12] 19%[12] 108[12] 106[12]
2017/18 87%[13] 23%[13] 111[13] 109[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
4% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
27% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
49% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[15] 0%[15] 25%[15] 53%[15] 4%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 91%[16] 0%[16] 26%[16] 59%[16] 2%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 91%[17] 1%[17] 28%[17] 56%[17] 1%[17] 5%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 3%[18] 31%[18] 46%[18] 2%[18] 8%[18]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
15 Oct 2024[19]
Type
S5 Inspection[19]
Report published
12 Jan 2025[19]
Personal development
Good[19]
Quality of education
Requires improvement[19]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[19]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[19]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[19]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Requires improvement[19]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
8 Jan 2020[20] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[20] Good[20]
Date not published[21] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[21] Outstanding[21]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[22]
Applications (any preference)
167 Entry Sept 2026[22]
First preferences
65 Entry Sept 2026[22]
Places offered
117 Entry Sept 2026[22]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[22]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 172[22] 58[22] 119[22] 1.4[22] 0.5[22]
Entry Sept 2024 169[22] 70[22] 84[22] 2.0[22] 0.8[22]
Entry Sept 2023 155[22] 64[22] 119[22] 1.3[22] 0.5[22]
Entry Sept 2022 137[22] 46[22] 76[22] 1.8[22] 0.6[22]

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
1.5 Entry Sept 2026[22]
Applications (any preference)
95 Entry Sept 2026[22]
First preferences
63 Entry Sept 2026[22]
Places offered
64 Entry Sept 2026[22]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[22]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 158[22] 93[22] 90[22] 1.8[22] 1.0[22]
Entry Sept 2024 146[22] 81[22] 90[22] 1.6[22] 0.9[22]
Entry Sept 2023 144[22] 74[22] 88[22] 1.6[22] 0.8[22]
Entry Sept 2022 146[22] 93[22] 90[22] 1.6[22] 1.0[22]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
4–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1540[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
http://alderwood.hants.sch.uk[1]
District
Rushmoor[23]
Postcode
GU12 4RZ[1]
URN
116234[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1514 2024/25[24]
English as an additional language
26.4% 2024/25[24]
SEN support
18% 2024/25[24]
EHC plan
4.7% 2024/25[24]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
30.9% 2024/25[24]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
66.9%[25]
Mixed
6.4%[25]
Asian
16.9%[25]
Black
6.6%[25]
Any other ethnic group
3%[25]
Unclassified
0.2%[25]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  21. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  22. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  23. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  24. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  25. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.