Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
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Robert May's School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,354of 1,350 places
- Free school meals
- 15.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 249
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 23 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Robert May's School (URN 116477, until 1 May 2012).
What the data says
Robert May's School has no sixth form. Of the 237 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 64% moved to a sixth form college, 23% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 64% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.3 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 52% 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 | Robert May's School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 237 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 64% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 23% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Robert May's School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.3 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 48% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.41 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 28.7 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.2 | 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 | 247 | 99% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 74% |
| Mathematics | 246 | 99% | 88% | 18% | 22% | 78% |
| English Literature | 245 | 98% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 71% |
| Combined Science | 174 | 70% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 69% |
| Geography | 116 | 47% | 41% | 16% | 25% | 63% |
| Business Studies | 101 | 41% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 70% |
| History | 78 | 31% | 41% | 24% | 26% | 68% |
| Physical Education | 73 | 29% | 11% | 16% | 24% | 67% |
| Ancient History | 70 | 28% | 0% | 19% | 37% | 64% |
| Physics | 69 | 28% | 23% | 46% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 69 | 28% | 23% | 38% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 69 | 28% | 23% | 48% | 45% | 100% |
| Applied Engineering | 53 | 21% | 0% | 9% | 18% | 70% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 47 | 19% | 8% | 21% | 21% | 87% |
| Spanish | 46 | 18% | 19% | 22% | 27% | 70% |
| Computer Science | 46 | 18% | 13% | 15% | 30% | 80% |
| Art and Design | 44 | 18% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 70% |
| French | 43 | 17% | 18% | 28% | 29% | 81% |
| Religious Studies | 39 | 16% | 31% | 26% | 32% | 72% |
| German | 33 | 13% | 5% | 27% | 33% | 85% |
| Photography | 32 | 13% | 6% | 6% | 19% | 66% |
| Drama | 23 | 9% | 7% | 4% | 27% | 87% |
| Design and Technology | 21 | 8% | 11% | 24% | 23% | 90% |
| Fine Art | 20 | 8% | 9% | 25% | 28% | 75% |
| Music | 13 | 5% | 5% | 62% | 33% | 92% |
| Russian | 5 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 22 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 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.