Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
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Dove House Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 238of 220 places
- Free school meals
- 47.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 42
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 5 February 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Dove House School (URN 116626, until 1 November 2011).
What the data says
Of the 43 pupils who finished Year 11 at Dove House Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Dove House Academy’s own sixth form (Hampshire average 6%), 49% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 4.8 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% 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 | Dove House Academy | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 43 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 95% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 21% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 49% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 26% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Dove House Academy | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 4.8 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.13 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 3.6 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 5.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Design | 23 | 55% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 26% |
| English Language | 12 | 29% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| Mathematics | 12 | 29% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| Photography | 9 | 21% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 22% |
| Textiles | 5 | 12% | 2% | — | 27% | — |
| Fine Art | 4 | 10% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
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.