Alderwood School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Aldershot, GU12 4RZ
- Distance
- 2.8km away
The Wavell School
Lynchford Road, Farnborough, GU14 6BH
Local ranking21st of 69 secondary schools in Hampshire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1056
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 27 January 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 39.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 204
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1029
- Boys
- 527 (51%)
- Girls
- 515 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1056 (99% full)
- SEND
- 18.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.1%
- EAL
- 25.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.6%
- SEN Support
- 13.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,742/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 71.1%
- Asian Other: 7.3%
- White Other: 4.4%
- Asian Indian: 3.4%
- Black African: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.4%
71.1%
White British
7.3%
Asian Other
4.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Lynchford Road
Farnborough, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 116448
- UKPRN
- 10016125
- Establishment No.
- 4206
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