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Alderwasley Hall School

Mixed · ages 5–20Derbyshire, East Midlands · Derbyshire DE56 2SRSchool website
Pupils on roll
115of 138 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
20
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Alderwasley Hall School’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Alderwasley Hall School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 8.0, 10% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

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 Derbyshire and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureAlderwasley Hall SchoolDerbyshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)8.045.046.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths10%43%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths15%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%30%41%
EBacc average point score0.473.924.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort28%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils34.034.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language4%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language1050%89%10%20%60%
Mathematics1050%88%0%22%80%
Music420%5%33%
History420%41%26%
Food Preparation and Nutrition15%8%21%

A levels and other level 3 courses

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Fine Art3%
Photography3%
Mathematics31%

Other secondary schools in Derbyshire

Aldercar High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 648 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.9

Anthony Gell School

Academy converter · sixth form · 776 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8

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.