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Alderwood School

All-through · Mixed · Ages 4–16 · Community school

Belle Vue Road, Aldershot GU12 4RZ · alderwood.hants.sch.uk · 01252 494123

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
42.2
average Attainment 8 score. Hampshire 45.5, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
Demand for places
0.6
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,471
96% of 1,540 places
Local authority
Hampshire
Sixth form
No
Nursery class
No
Free school meals
30.3%
First language not English
27.3%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 65 families put the school first and 117 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 46 (Places 76)46September 2023: 64 (Places 119)64September 2024: 70 (Places 84)70September 2025: 58 (Places 119)58September 2026: 65 (Places 117)65Places 117
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026117650.6100%
September 2025Sept 2025119580.5100%
September 2024Sept 202484700.886%
September 2023Sept 2023119640.5100%
September 2022Sept 202276460.6100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.2, and 39.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hampshire it was 45.5, and across England 46.

In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% the higher standard. Across Hampshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.

Key stage 2 results

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 92% (England 53%)92%2016/17: 89% (England 61%)89%2017/18: 87% (England 64%)87%2018/19: 85% (England 65%)85%2022/23: 69% (England 60%)69%2023/24: 74% (England 61%)74%2024/25: 70% (England 62%)70%England 62%
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
▲70%62%
▲14%8%
Average scaled score
●107106
●106105
●106105

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 116235)

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252017/18: 34.7 (England 46.5)34.72018/19: 37.7 (England 46.7)37.72021/22: 40.7 (England 48.8)40.72022/23: 38.4 (England 46.3)38.42023/24: 39.5 (England 45.9)39.52024/25: 42.2 (England 46.0)42.2England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼42.246.0
▼39.8%45.4%
●65.2%64.8%
▼22.4%40.5%
▼3.614.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 116470)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form3.9—
Sixth form college28.6+3.2
Further education51.9−1
Employment3.2−1.1
Not in a lasting destination7.8−0.9
Activity not captured4.5+0.2

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Alderwood School on 15 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
15 Oct 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early yearsGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jan 2020Good
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2016Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    Early yearsOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Sept 2010Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    Early yearsGood

What parents said

84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (160 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
84%
Replies
160
11% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school●89% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●89% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●84% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●83% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●88% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼77% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing●83% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼84% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼86% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼71% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly●78% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 77% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼46% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 37% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼61% agreeEngland 67%

based on 46 parents (29%) with SEND

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