Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
Community school
Portchester Community School
- Pupils on roll
- 688of 860 places
- Free school meals
- 31.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 136
- Ofsted
- Good, 30 January 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Portchester Community School has no sixth form. Of the 133 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 10% moved to a sixth form college, 68% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 30% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 8% of leavers started one, roughly twice the England figure of 3%.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.8 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 34% 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 | Portchester Community School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 133 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 79% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 10% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 68% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Portchester Community School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.8 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 26% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.51 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.7 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.9 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 135 | 99% | 88% | 11% | 22% | 61% |
| English Language | 135 | 99% | 89% | 7% | 20% | 63% |
| English Literature | 130 | 96% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 65% |
| Combined Science | 124 | 91% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 55% |
| Citizenship Studies | 96 | 71% | 3% | 5% | 19% | 61% |
| Geography | 73 | 54% | 41% | 8% | 25% | 37% |
| History | 61 | 45% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 59% |
| Art and Design | 41 | 30% | 7% | 5% | 24% | 76% |
| Drama | 28 | 21% | 7% | 14% | 27% | 50% |
| Media Studies | 27 | 20% | 4% | 0% | 20% | 48% |
| Spanish | 27 | 20% | 19% | 11% | 27% | 59% |
| Music | 23 | 17% | 5% | 4% | 33% | 87% |
| Computer Science | 22 | 16% | 13% | 5% | 30% | 14% |
| Physical Education | 19 | 14% | 11% | 42% | 24% | 89% |
| French | 14 | 10% | 18% | 7% | 29% | 64% |
| Biology | 8 | 6% | 23% | 38% | 45% | 88% |
| Chemistry | 7 | 5% | 23% | 29% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 7 | 5% | 23% | 43% | 46% | 100% |
| Statistics | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Design and Technology | 1 | 1% | 11% | — | 23% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 42 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 36 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 34 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 20 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Hampshire
Amery Hill School
Academy converter · 982 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.0
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
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.