Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
Community school
Park Community School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,006of 950 places
- Free school meals
- 62.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 201
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 3 March 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Riders Junior School (URN 115908, until 1 September 2026); Riders Infant School (URN 115909, until 1 September 2026).
What the data says
Park Community School has no sixth form. Of the 178 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 63% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 28.3 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 14% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 40% of the year group took it, against 5% 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 | Park Community School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 178 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 77% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 63% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 63% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 10% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 13% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 10% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Park Community School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 28.3 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 14% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 31% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 9% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.29 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 61% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 23.0 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 36.6 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 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 Literature | 214 | 100% | 86% | 1% | 21% | 27% |
| Mathematics | 202 | 100% | 88% | 3% | 22% | 37% |
| English Language | 201 | 100% | 89% | 5% | 20% | 39% |
| Religious Studies | 136 | 68% | 31% | 1% | 32% | 18% |
| Combined Science | 124 | 62% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 31% |
| History | 96 | 48% | 41% | 8% | 26% | 32% |
| Photography | 88 | 44% | 6% | 2% | 19% | 33% |
| Statistics | 80 | 40% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 65% |
| Biology | 74 | 37% | 23% | 4% | 45% | 30% |
| Geography | 61 | 30% | 41% | 3% | 25% | 23% |
| Physics | 30 | 15% | 23% | 10% | 46% | 57% |
| Chemistry | 29 | 14% | 23% | 10% | 47% | 69% |
| Psychology | 27 | 13% | 3% | 0% | 22% | 30% |
| Computer Science | 21 | 10% | 13% | 14% | 30% | 43% |
| Spanish | 19 | 9% | 19% | 5% | 27% | 79% |
| 3D Design | 14 | 7% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 36% |
| Art and Design | 13 | 6% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 15% |
| Graphic Communication | 7 | 3% | 1% | 0% | 23% | 29% |
| Fine Art | 6 | 3% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 17% |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Sociology | 1 | 0% | 4% | — | 21% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 146 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 27 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 17 | — | — |
| Tourism | 16 | — | — |
| Graphic Design | 1 | — | — |
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.