Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
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Crofton School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,112of 1,083 places
- Free school meals
- 17.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 210
- Ofsted
- Report card, 3 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Needs attentionLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Crofton School (URN 116498, until 1 April 2023).
What the data says
Crofton School has no sixth form. Of the 215 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 39% moved to a sixth form college, 40% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 39% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 53% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.3 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 42% 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 | Crofton School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 215 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 39% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 40% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Crofton School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.3 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 29% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.97 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 14% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 28.1 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.1 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 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 | 207 | 99% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 69% |
| Mathematics | 206 | 98% | 88% | 17% | 22% | 74% |
| English Literature | 196 | 93% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 73% |
| Combined Science | 169 | 80% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 63% |
| History | 114 | 54% | 41% | 27% | 26% | 68% |
| Photography | 111 | 53% | 6% | 11% | 19% | 72% |
| Geography | 94 | 45% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 41% |
| Computer Science | 61 | 29% | 13% | 31% | 30% | 82% |
| French | 58 | 28% | 18% | 26% | 29% | 74% |
| Design and Technology | 57 | 27% | 11% | 9% | 23% | 40% |
| Drama | 47 | 22% | 7% | 21% | 27% | 81% |
| Physical Education | 46 | 22% | 11% | 9% | 24% | 63% |
| Religious Studies | 45 | 21% | 31% | 16% | 32% | 76% |
| Art and Design | 40 | 19% | 7% | 8% | 24% | 68% |
| Biology | 35 | 17% | 23% | 46% | 45% | 97% |
| Physics | 34 | 16% | 23% | 50% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 34 | 16% | 23% | 47% | 47% | 100% |
| Music | 28 | 13% | 5% | 36% | 33% | 86% |
| Statistics | 21 | 10% | 5% | 62% | 20% | 100% |
| Film Studies | 21 | 10% | 1% | 14% | 20% | 62% |
| Dance | 6 | 3% | 1% | 17% | 27% | 83% |
| Spanish | 4 | 2% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Latin | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 74% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 38 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 21 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Hampshire
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93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.0
Applemore College
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.7
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
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91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.3
Bohunt School
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92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.3
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.