Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
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Testwood School
- Pupils on roll
- 820of 1,215 places
- Free school meals
- 31.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 172
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 20 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Testwood Sports College (URN 116499, until 17 August 2011).
What the data says
Testwood School has no sixth form. Of the 137 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 23% moved to a sixth form college, 51% to a further education college and 10% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 10% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Music is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.9 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 37% 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 | Testwood School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 137 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 75% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 23% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 51% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 10% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Testwood School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.9 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 15% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.64 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 31% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.8 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 172 | 100% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 62% |
| English Language | 172 | 100% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 59% |
| English Literature | 163 | 95% | 86% | 15% | 21% | 75% |
| Combined Science | 144 | 84% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 54% |
| Geography | 106 | 62% | 41% | 16% | 25% | 57% |
| History | 77 | 45% | 41% | 38% | 26% | 70% |
| Business Studies | 71 | 41% | 18% | 15% | 20% | 54% |
| Music | 42 | 24% | 5% | 12% | 33% | 64% |
| Photography | 37 | 22% | 6% | 8% | 19% | 46% |
| Religious Studies | 34 | 20% | 31% | 38% | 32% | 85% |
| French | 32 | 19% | 18% | 28% | 29% | 66% |
| Drama | 31 | 18% | 7% | 6% | 27% | 74% |
| Computer Science | 29 | 17% | 13% | 10% | 30% | 48% |
| Physics | 28 | 16% | 23% | 18% | 46% | 68% |
| Chemistry | 28 | 16% | 23% | 18% | 47% | 57% |
| Biology | 28 | 16% | 23% | 14% | 45% | 79% |
| Fine Art | 22 | 13% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 50% |
| Physical Education | 1 | 1% | 11% | — | 24% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 54 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 22 | — | — |
| Art and Design | 20 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 18 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 10 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 4 | — | — |
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Applemore College
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Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
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91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.3
Bohunt School
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Bridgemary School
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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.