Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
Community school
The Henry Cort Community College
- Pupils on roll
- 807of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 22.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 158
- Ofsted
- Report card, 20 January 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says
The Henry Cort Community College has no sixth form. Of the 160 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 48% moved to a sixth form college, 29% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 48% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 93% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.2 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 43% 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 | This school | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 160 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 76% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 48% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 29% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.2 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 45% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.86 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 23% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.1 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.3 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 10% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 157 | 99% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 69% |
| English Literature | 156 | 99% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 67% |
| Mathematics | 156 | 99% | 88% | 17% | 22% | 72% |
| Religious Studies | 147 | 93% | 31% | 9% | 32% | 54% |
| Combined Science | 105 | 66% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 41% |
| History | 88 | 56% | 41% | 23% | 26% | 63% |
| Biology | 51 | 32% | 23% | 27% | 45% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 50 | 32% | 23% | 30% | 47% | 94% |
| Physics | 50 | 32% | 23% | 26% | 46% | 94% |
| French | 45 | 28% | 18% | 16% | 29% | 53% |
| Geography | 36 | 23% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 69% |
| Textiles | 33 | 21% | 2% | 12% | 27% | 82% |
| Business Studies | 31 | 20% | 18% | 3% | 20% | 65% |
| Spanish | 23 | 15% | 19% | 4% | 27% | 30% |
| Fine Art | 23 | 15% | 9% | 4% | 28% | 91% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 15% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 65% |
| German | 18 | 11% | 5% | 11% | 33% | 50% |
| Photography | 14 | 9% | 6% | 7% | 19% | 50% |
| Drama | 12 | 8% | 7% | 17% | 27% | 67% |
| Design and Technology | 8 | 5% | 11% | 13% | 23% | 63% |
| Citizenship Studies | 8 | 5% | 3% | 25% | 19% | 88% |
| 3D Design | 7 | 4% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 14% |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Health | 129 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 30 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 7 | — | — |
Where The Henry Cort Community College is
Other secondary schools in Hampshire are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Hampshire’s allocation statistics.
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.