Community special school

Alderman Knight School

Mixed · ages 7–19 · with sixth formGloucestershire, South West · Tewkesbury GL20 8JJSchool website
Pupils on roll
238of 220 places
Free school meals
33.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
29
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding, 24 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 32 pupils who finished Year 11 at Alderman Knight School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Alderman Knight School’s own sixth form (Gloucestershire average 46%), 31% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Alderman Knight School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 10.3, 3% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Gloucestershire and England.

Alderman Knight School
Gloucestershire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureAlderman Knight SchoolGloucestershireEngland
Pupils in the cohort326,782607,348
Any sustained destination78%93%92%
Stayed in education78%85%86%
— school sixth form0%46%34%
— sixth form college0%11%13%
— further education college31%26%37%
— other education47%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%4%3%
Employment0%4%3%
No sustained destination9%5%6%
Destination unknown13%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureAlderman Knight SchoolGloucestershireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)10.350.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths3%53%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths14%71%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%31%41%
EBacc average point score0.374.404.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort38%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils5.934.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils13.154.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%9%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics1759%88%0%22%24%
English Language1448%89%0%20%36%
Biology1138%23%0%45%18%
Physics1034%23%10%46%50%
History931%41%0%26%22%
3D Design724%2%0%16%0%
Computer Science414%13%30%
Fine Art414%9%28%
Media Studies310%4%20%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Hospitality / Catering Studies9

A levels and other level 3 courses

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Psychology23%
Sociology13%

Other secondary schools in Gloucestershire

Archway School

Community school · sixth form · 1,053 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3

Balcarras School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,427 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.5

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.