Alderwood School

State-Funded School

alderwood-school-hampshire-south-east

South EastRegion

HampshireLocal Authority

AldershotConstituency

GU12 4RZPostcode

3.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Alderwood School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 4–16, located in Hampshire, South East.

It currently serves 1,471 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 42.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 39.8%
EBacc average point score: 3.61

Ethnicity

White

67%

Asian

17%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,471

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

30%

England average

27%

First language not English

27%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 4 – 16
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 1,471
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
12 Jan 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
23 Jan 2020	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.