Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Everest Community Academy (URN 137113, until 31 August 2017).
Everest Community Academy has no sixth form. Of the 103 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 34% moved to a sixth form college, 44% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 34.2 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 23% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 34% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 37% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
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.
| Measure | Everest Community Academy | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 103 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 34% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 44% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Measure | Everest Community Academy | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 34.2 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 43% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 14% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.84 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 36% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.1 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 37.1 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 13% | 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.
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 | 133 | 100% | 88% | 8% | 22% | 55% |
| English Literature | 133 | 100% | 86% | 4% | 21% | 50% |
| English Language | 133 | 100% | 89% | 5% | 20% | 43% |
| Combined Science | 103 | 77% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 33% |
| Geography | 77 | 58% | 41% | 1% | 25% | 30% |
| Business Studies | 75 | 56% | 18% | 3% | 20% | 41% |
| History | 51 | 38% | 41% | 4% | 26% | 33% |
| Physical Education | 49 | 37% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 6% |
| Physics | 30 | 23% | 23% | 7% | 46% | 67% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 23% | 23% | 7% | 47% | 63% |
| Biology | 30 | 23% | 23% | 7% | 45% | 77% |
| Art and Design | 25 | 19% | 7% | 8% | 24% | 36% |
| Design and Technology | 23 | 17% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 22% |
| Religious Studies | 23 | 17% | 31% | 9% | 32% | 35% |
| Computer Science | 22 | 17% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 41% |
| Spanish | 21 | 16% | 19% | 19% | 27% | 67% |
| Citizenship Studies | 16 | 12% | 3% | 6% | 19% | 38% |
| Drama | 16 | 12% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 38% |
| 3D Design | 9 | 7% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 33% |
| Dance | 7 | 5% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 64 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 25 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 14 | — | — |
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
Academy converter · 982 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.0
Foundation school · 478 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.7
Voluntary aided school · 894 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.3
Academy converter · sixth form · 2,012 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.3
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.