Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
Community special school
St Francis Special School
- Pupils on roll
- 115
- Free school meals
- 43.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 14
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 15 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 7 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Francis Special School in 2023, 0% stayed on in St Francis Special School’s own sixth form (Hampshire average 6%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 | St Francis Special School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 7 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 86% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 14% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
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.