Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
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The Mountbatten School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,474of 1,424 places
- Free school meals
- 13.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 283
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 24 January 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Mountbatten School A Language and Sports College (URN 116408, until 1 April 2011).
What the data says
The Mountbatten School has no sixth form. Of the 283 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 62% moved to a sixth form college, 22% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 62% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 51.2 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 56% 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 | The Mountbatten School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 283 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 62% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 22% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Mountbatten School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 51.2 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 26% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.38 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 13% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.9 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.0 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 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 | 282 | 100% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 75% |
| Mathematics | 282 | 100% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 82% |
| English Literature | 280 | 99% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 80% |
| Combined Science | 155 | 55% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 67% |
| Geography | 140 | 49% | 41% | 36% | 25% | 86% |
| Biology | 118 | 42% | 23% | 31% | 45% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 118 | 42% | 23% | 29% | 47% | 97% |
| History | 118 | 42% | 41% | 39% | 26% | 81% |
| Physics | 118 | 42% | 23% | 30% | 46% | 95% |
| Business Studies | 93 | 33% | 18% | 15% | 20% | 61% |
| Fine Art | 88 | 31% | 9% | 11% | 28% | 80% |
| Religious Studies | 87 | 31% | 31% | 29% | 32% | 77% |
| Spanish | 67 | 24% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 81% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 67 | 24% | 8% | 15% | 21% | 75% |
| Design and Technology | 63 | 22% | 11% | 22% | 23% | 83% |
| Computer Science | 43 | 15% | 13% | 37% | 30% | 81% |
| Music | 36 | 13% | 5% | 61% | 33% | 100% |
| Drama | 36 | 13% | 7% | 6% | 27% | 92% |
| Citizenship Studies | 29 | 10% | 3% | 14% | 19% | 86% |
| Physical Education | 29 | 10% | 11% | 41% | 24% | 100% |
| Economics | 28 | 10% | 1% | 29% | 34% | 79% |
| Statistics | 23 | 8% | 5% | 43% | 20% | 96% |
| French | 20 | 7% | 18% | 30% | 29% | 70% |
| Dance | 18 | 6% | 1% | 11% | 27% | 72% |
| Polish | 4 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 38 | — | — |
| Music Technology (Electronic) | 35 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 2 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 2 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 1 | — | — |
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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.