Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
Community school
Kings' School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,737of 1,800 places
- Free school meals
- 17.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 355
- Ofsted
- Good, 23 January 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Kings' School has no sixth form. Of the 360 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 74% moved to a sixth form college, 14% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 74% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 57.8 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 65% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
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 | Kings' School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 360 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 74% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 14% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Kings' School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 57.8 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 65% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 54% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.36 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 15% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.8 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 62.0 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 14% | 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 | 352 | 99% | 88% | 40% | 22% | 81% |
| English Language | 351 | 99% | 89% | 36% | 20% | 83% |
| English Literature | 348 | 98% | 86% | 30% | 21% | 84% |
| Combined Science | 214 | 60% | 65% | 20% | 9% | 67% |
| History | 183 | 52% | 41% | 34% | 26% | 75% |
| Geography | 154 | 43% | 41% | 60% | 25% | 89% |
| Chemistry | 135 | 38% | 23% | 77% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 135 | 38% | 23% | 75% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 135 | 38% | 23% | 73% | 46% | 99% |
| Photography | 82 | 23% | 6% | 22% | 19% | 96% |
| Business Studies | 66 | 19% | 18% | 29% | 20% | 74% |
| Spanish | 60 | 17% | 19% | 63% | 27% | 92% |
| Physical Education | 59 | 17% | 11% | 58% | 24% | 98% |
| French | 56 | 16% | 18% | 64% | 29% | 96% |
| Psychology | 54 | 15% | 3% | 48% | 22% | 89% |
| Media Studies | 54 | 15% | 4% | 20% | 20% | 74% |
| Design and Technology | 53 | 15% | 11% | 36% | 23% | 83% |
| Art and Design | 43 | 12% | 7% | 44% | 24% | 98% |
| Italian | 40 | 11% | 0% | 48% | 53% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 37 | 10% | 8% | 38% | 21% | 78% |
| German | 28 | 8% | 5% | 57% | 33% | 93% |
| Computer Science | 26 | 7% | 13% | 38% | 30% | 81% |
| Drama | 25 | 7% | 7% | 48% | 27% | 96% |
| Religious Studies | 22 | 6% | 31% | 59% | 32% | 82% |
| Latin | 21 | 6% | 1% | 86% | 74% | 100% |
| Textiles | 14 | 4% | 2% | 29% | 27% | 93% |
| Music | 11 | 3% | 5% | 91% | 33% | 91% |
| Russian | 5 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Chinese | 4 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 35 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 30 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 17 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 9 | — | — |
Where Kings' 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
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.