Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
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The Petersfield School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,401of 1,300 places
- Free school meals
- 14.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 255
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding, 22 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Petersfield School (URN 116510, until 1 July 2011).
What the data says
The Petersfield School has no sixth form. Of the 279 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 21% moved to a sixth form college, 59% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 56.4 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 64% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 20% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 2% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
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 | The Petersfield School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 279 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 21% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 59% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Petersfield School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 56.4 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 64% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 84% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 63% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.23 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 9% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 39.2 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 58.1 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 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 | 254 | 100% | 89% | 28% | 20% | 87% |
| English Literature | 254 | 100% | 86% | 28% | 21% | 86% |
| Mathematics | 253 | 99% | 88% | 34% | 22% | 88% |
| Combined Science | 135 | 53% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 72% |
| History | 132 | 52% | 41% | 45% | 26% | 76% |
| Chemistry | 118 | 46% | 23% | 34% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 118 | 46% | 23% | 46% | 45% | 99% |
| Physics | 118 | 46% | 23% | 42% | 46% | 99% |
| Geography | 116 | 45% | 41% | 48% | 25% | 91% |
| Spanish | 89 | 35% | 19% | 18% | 27% | 79% |
| Photography | 58 | 23% | 6% | 16% | 19% | 90% |
| Design and Technology | 56 | 22% | 11% | 30% | 23% | 73% |
| French | 54 | 21% | 18% | 33% | 29% | 78% |
| Statistics | 53 | 21% | 5% | 81% | 20% | 100% |
| Sociology | 52 | 20% | 4% | 35% | 21% | 92% |
| Fine Art | 51 | 20% | 9% | 25% | 28% | 94% |
| Business Studies | 47 | 18% | 18% | 21% | 20% | 62% |
| Computer Science | 45 | 18% | 13% | 40% | 30% | 78% |
| Physical Education | 44 | 17% | 11% | 59% | 24% | 98% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 33 | 13% | 8% | 12% | 21% | 64% |
| Economics | 28 | 11% | 1% | 25% | 34% | 89% |
| Media Studies | 27 | 11% | 4% | 59% | 20% | 96% |
| Drama | 25 | 10% | 7% | 32% | 27% | 100% |
| Chinese | 20 | 8% | 1% | 60% | 75% | 100% |
| Music | 16 | 6% | 5% | 56% | 33% | 88% |
| Dance | 15 | 6% | 1% | 40% | 27% | 93% |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | 0% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 22 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 3 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 3 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 2 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 2 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 1 | — | — |
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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.