Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
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The Romsey School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,176of 1,173 places
- Free school meals
- 24.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 230
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 21 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Romsey School (URN 116421, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
The Romsey School has no sixth form. Of the 225 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 61% moved to a sixth form college, 27% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 61% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
Most pupils take the three separate sciences: at least 62% sat Biology, Chemistry and Physics as individual GCSEs, compared with about 23% nationally.
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 Romsey School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 225 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 61% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 27% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Romsey School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.8 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 70% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.43 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 27.4 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.7 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 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 | 225 | 98% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 81% |
| English Language | 225 | 98% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 74% |
| English Literature | 224 | 97% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 72% |
| Physics | 143 | 62% | 23% | 21% | 46% | 85% |
| Chemistry | 142 | 62% | 23% | 19% | 47% | 82% |
| Biology | 142 | 62% | 23% | 25% | 45% | 86% |
| History | 120 | 52% | 41% | 25% | 26% | 77% |
| French | 109 | 47% | 18% | 24% | 29% | 73% |
| Geography | 98 | 43% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 71% |
| Combined Science | 82 | 36% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 29% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 60 | 26% | 8% | 3% | 21% | 52% |
| Business Studies | 48 | 21% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 60% |
| Spanish | 40 | 17% | 19% | 10% | 27% | 53% |
| Art and Design | 35 | 15% | 7% | 20% | 24% | 57% |
| Computer Science | 34 | 15% | 13% | 21% | 30% | 53% |
| Drama | 33 | 14% | 7% | 27% | 27% | 67% |
| Film Studies | 28 | 12% | 1% | 21% | 20% | 57% |
| Physical Education | 26 | 11% | 11% | 23% | 24% | 96% |
| Dance | 26 | 11% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 54% |
| Music | 26 | 11% | 5% | 15% | 33% | 73% |
| 3D Design | 25 | 11% | 2% | 4% | 16% | 36% |
| German | 18 | 8% | 5% | 39% | 33% | 89% |
| Design and Technology | 16 | 7% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 13% |
| Religious Studies | 15 | 7% | 31% | 47% | 32% | 80% |
| Media Studies | 11 | 5% | 4% | 18% | 20% | 91% |
| Latin | 10 | 4% | 1% | 10% | 74% | 90% |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Music Technology (Electronic) | 18 | — | — |
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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.