Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
Voluntary aided school
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
- Pupils on roll
- 894of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 11.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 171
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 14 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School has no sixth form. Of the 176 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 72% moved to a sixth form college, 18% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 72% 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 59.3 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 68% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 99% of the year group took it, against 31% 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 | This school | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 176 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 72% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 18% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 59.3 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 68% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 87% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 74% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.65 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 12% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 45.6 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 61.3 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 25% | 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 | 171 | 100% | 88% | 35% | 22% | 89% |
| English Language | 171 | 100% | 89% | 35% | 20% | 88% |
| English Literature | 170 | 99% | 86% | 31% | 21% | 92% |
| Religious Studies | 169 | 99% | 31% | 40% | 32% | 83% |
| History | 103 | 60% | 41% | 34% | 26% | 75% |
| Chemistry | 87 | 51% | 23% | 67% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 87 | 51% | 23% | 68% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 87 | 51% | 23% | 66% | 45% | 100% |
| Combined Science | 83 | 49% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 82% |
| Geography | 75 | 44% | 41% | 39% | 25% | 80% |
| Spanish | 69 | 40% | 19% | 43% | 27% | 84% |
| French | 52 | 30% | 18% | 35% | 29% | 87% |
| Computer Science | 27 | 16% | 13% | 26% | 30% | 70% |
| Physical Education | 27 | 16% | 11% | 11% | 24% | 59% |
| Drama | 24 | 14% | 7% | 29% | 27% | 83% |
| Fine Art | 23 | 13% | 9% | 26% | 28% | 78% |
| Polish | 22 | 13% | 1% | 100% | 84% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 21 | 12% | 11% | 33% | 23% | 86% |
| Music | 21 | 12% | 5% | 76% | 33% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 16 | 9% | 8% | 25% | 21% | 63% |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 14 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 12 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 7 | — | — |
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
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.