Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
Academy sponsor led
Lift Winton
- Pupils on roll
- 978of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 34.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 177
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 8 March 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Winton School (URN 116443, until 1 November 2012).
What the data says
Of the 145 pupils who finished Year 11 at Lift Winton in 2023, 23% moved to a sixth form college, 57% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.9 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 26% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% 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 | Lift Winton | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 145 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 23% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 57% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Lift Winton | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 37.9 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 19% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.30 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 38% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.3 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.0 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 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 | 176 | 99% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 64% |
| English Language | 173 | 98% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 58% |
| English Literature | 173 | 98% | 86% | 4% | 21% | 54% |
| Combined Science | 152 | 86% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 59% |
| History | 114 | 64% | 41% | 6% | 26% | 34% |
| Spanish | 62 | 35% | 19% | 13% | 27% | 50% |
| Physical Education | 48 | 27% | 11% | 2% | 24% | 17% |
| Art and Design | 45 | 25% | 7% | 13% | 24% | 38% |
| Photography | 45 | 25% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 22% |
| Statistics | 43 | 24% | 5% | 9% | 20% | 67% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 42 | 24% | 8% | 5% | 21% | 31% |
| Media Studies | 41 | 23% | 4% | 15% | 20% | 49% |
| Computer Science | 28 | 16% | 13% | 4% | 30% | 29% |
| Music | 25 | 14% | 5% | 12% | 33% | 48% |
| Drama | 21 | 12% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| Religious Studies | 19 | 11% | 31% | 5% | 32% | 47% |
| Biology | 15 | 8% | 23% | 60% | 45% | 87% |
| Physics | 14 | 8% | 23% | 79% | 46% | 93% |
| Chemistry | 13 | 7% | 23% | 69% | 47% | 100% |
| Geography | 11 | 6% | 41% | 18% | 25% | 55% |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Care (Non-Agricultural) | 49 | — | — |
| Art and Design | 31 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 28 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 27 | — | — |
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.