Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
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Fareham Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 888of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 29.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 180
- Ofsted
- Report card, 3 February 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Needs attentionPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Neville Lovett Community School and Continuing Education Centre (URN 116467, until 1 September 2013).
What the data says
Fareham Academy has no sixth form. Of the 146 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 33% moved to a sixth form college, 45% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 33% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.5 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 31% 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 | Fareham Academy | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 146 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 33% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 45% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Fareham Academy | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.5 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 21% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.35 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 34% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.8 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 170 | 94% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 64% |
| Mathematics | 170 | 94% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 54% |
| English Literature | 156 | 87% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 60% |
| Combined Science | 140 | 78% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 50% |
| History | 97 | 54% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 47% |
| Geography | 71 | 39% | 41% | 20% | 25% | 56% |
| Business Studies | 61 | 34% | 18% | 8% | 20% | 51% |
| Media Studies | 52 | 29% | 4% | 15% | 20% | 52% |
| Photography | 40 | 22% | 6% | 3% | 19% | 28% |
| Art and Design | 23 | 13% | 7% | 17% | 24% | 61% |
| Biology | 21 | 12% | 23% | 57% | 45% | 95% |
| Physics | 20 | 11% | 23% | 45% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 20 | 11% | 23% | 65% | 47% | 100% |
| French | 20 | 11% | 18% | 40% | 29% | 80% |
| Religious Studies | 19 | 11% | 31% | 16% | 32% | 53% |
| Spanish | 17 | 9% | 19% | 18% | 27% | 88% |
| Textiles | 16 | 9% | 2% | 6% | 27% | 56% |
| Computer Science | 15 | 8% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 53% |
| 3D Design | 13 | 7% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 0% |
| Statistics | 7 | 4% | 5% | 86% | 20% | 100% |
| Turkish | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Astronomy | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 29% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 35 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 33 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 27 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 18 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 14 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 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.