Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
Community school
Henry Beaufort School
- Pupils on roll
- 979of 1,015 places
- Free school meals
- 16.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 205
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 8 March 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Henry Beaufort School has no sixth form. Of the 211 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 63% moved to a sixth form college, 21% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 63% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 50.5 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 55% 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 | Henry Beaufort School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 211 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | — | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 63% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 21% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Henry Beaufort School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 50.5 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 39% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.46 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.8 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.8 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 8% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 204 | 100% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 75% |
| English Language | 204 | 100% | 89% | 28% | 20% | 81% |
| English Literature | 201 | 98% | 86% | 27% | 21% | 82% |
| Geography | 143 | 70% | 41% | 31% | 25% | 73% |
| Physics | 123 | 60% | 23% | 28% | 46% | 85% |
| Biology | 123 | 60% | 23% | 37% | 45% | 89% |
| Chemistry | 123 | 60% | 23% | 25% | 47% | 86% |
| History | 81 | 40% | 41% | 33% | 26% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 78 | 38% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 29% |
| Physical Education | 63 | 31% | 11% | 30% | 24% | 79% |
| Art and Design | 49 | 24% | 7% | 31% | 24% | 78% |
| Religious Studies | 47 | 23% | 31% | 40% | 32% | 83% |
| Computer Science | 41 | 20% | 13% | 17% | 30% | 54% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 41 | 20% | 8% | 29% | 21% | 76% |
| Spanish | 37 | 18% | 19% | 54% | 27% | 95% |
| Drama | 37 | 18% | 7% | 16% | 27% | 65% |
| French | 29 | 14% | 18% | 59% | 29% | 93% |
| Photography | 26 | 13% | 6% | 19% | 19% | 81% |
| Applied Engineering | 23 | 11% | 0% | 30% | 18% | 87% |
| German | 23 | 11% | 5% | 30% | 33% | 83% |
| Music | 23 | 11% | 5% | 57% | 33% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 18 | 9% | 11% | 17% | 23% | 50% |
| Chinese | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Russian | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 27 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 7 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Hampshire
Amery Hill School
Academy converter · 982 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.0
Applemore College
Foundation school · 478 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.7
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
Voluntary aided school · 894 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.3
Bohunt School
Academy converter · sixth form · 2,012 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.3
Bridgemary School
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.