Amery Hill School
Academy converter · 982 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.0
Community school
Alderwood School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,471of 1,540 places
- Free school meals
- 30.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 161
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 15 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Newport Junior School (URN 116235, until 10 April 2017); The Connaught School (URN 116470, until 10 April 2017).
What the data says
Alderwood School has no sixth form. Of the 153 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 27% moved to a sixth form college, 49% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 34% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.2 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 40% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 Hampshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Alderwood School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 153 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 27% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 49% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Alderwood School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.2 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 22% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.61 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.9 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.8 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 29% | 8% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 159 | 99% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 65% |
| Mathematics | 159 | 99% | 88% | 11% | 22% | 71% |
| English Literature | 158 | 98% | 86% | 15% | 21% | 74% |
| Combined Science | 144 | 89% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 55% |
| Business Studies | 79 | 49% | 18% | 6% | 20% | 54% |
| History | 75 | 47% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 55% |
| Geography | 59 | 37% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 71% |
| Physical Education | 55 | 34% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 22% |
| Computer Science | 48 | 30% | 13% | 2% | 30% | 50% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 37 | 23% | 8% | 3% | 21% | 41% |
| Photography | 23 | 14% | 6% | 4% | 19% | 57% |
| Citizenship Studies | 22 | 14% | 3% | 36% | 19% | 77% |
| French | 20 | 12% | 18% | 10% | 29% | 65% |
| Drama | 20 | 12% | 7% | 20% | 27% | 70% |
| Art and Design | 19 | 12% | 7% | 26% | 24% | 74% |
| Religious Studies | 19 | 12% | 31% | 11% | 32% | 53% |
| German | 18 | 11% | 5% | 22% | 33% | 94% |
| Design and Technology | 18 | 11% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 33% |
| Statistics | 17 | 11% | 5% | 35% | 20% | 76% |
| Biology | 15 | 9% | 23% | 20% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 15 | 9% | 23% | 7% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 15 | 9% | 23% | 7% | 46% | 93% |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 30 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 11 | — | — |
Where Alderwood School is
Other secondary schools in Hampshire are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Hampshire’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Hampshire
Applemore College
Foundation school · 478 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.7
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
Voluntary aided school · 894 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.3
Bohunt School
Academy converter · sixth form · 2,012 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.3
Bridgemary School
Academy sponsor led · 814 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.8
Brighton Hill Community School
Academy converter · 1,284 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
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.