Alderwood School
All-through schoolAlderwood School is a all-through school in Rushmoor, for pupils aged 4 to 16. It had 1,471 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 October 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 70% of pupils at Alderwood School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Hampshire and 62% in England.
14% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Alderwood School was 41.1, against 39.4 in Rushmoor and 46.2 in England.
35.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 14% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Rushmoor | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 41.1 | 39.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35.4% | 33.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60.9% | 55.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 161 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Michael's Church of England Controlled Junior SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2023. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Stanhope Primary SchoolPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.2 km
- Talavera Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Outstanding, June 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Talavera Infant SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met1.3 km
- Walsh CofE Junior SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2022, before the school changed. 25% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Walsh CofE Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Rushmoor
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).