Alderwood School
Belle Vue Road, Aldershot, GU12 4RZ
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Titheridge
- Constituency
- Aldershot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,540
- Pupils on roll
- 1,471
- URN
- 116234
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01252494123
About this school
Alderwood School is a community all-through school in Aldershot. It teaches children aged 4 to 16 and has 1,471 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Alderwood School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 120 | 109 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 74% | 70% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 8% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 85% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 84% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 83% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 153 | 154 | 161 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.4 | 39.5 | 42.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.05 -1.29 to -0.81 | -0.59 -0.85 to -0.34 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 33.8% | 39.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 51.3% | 65.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 28% | 31.8% | 22.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Alderwood School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 69% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 70% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.4 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.5 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.2 | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,459 |
| 2023/24 | 1,512 |
| 2024/25 | 1,514 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Alderwood School compares
Alderwood School ranked 47th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 46% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.2 | 7.1% | 30.9% | 1,471 | — |
| St Michael's Church of England Controlled Junior School | — | 5.5% | 24.9% | 359 | 0.7 miles |
| Stanhope Primary School | — | — | — | 59 | 0.7 miles |
| Talavera Junior School | — | 2.3% | 15.4% | 495 | 0.8 miles |
| Talavera Infant School | — | 5.1% | 6.2% | 298 | 0.8 miles |
| Walsh CofE Infant School | — | 8.1% | 21.4% | 169 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 30.85%
- English as an additional language
- 26.4%
- Overall absence
- 7.13%
- Persistent absence
- 18.24%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Michael's Church of England Controlled Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Aldershot
-
Stanhope Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Aldershot
-
Talavera Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Aldershot
-
Talavera Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Aldershot
-
Walsh CofE Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Ash
Other schools in Aldershot
Alderwood School ranks 3rd of the 7 ranked primary schools in Aldershot.
- Marlborough Infant School Primary
- Park Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Michael's Church of England Controlled Infant School Primary
- St Michael's Church of England Controlled Junior School Primary
- Stanhope Primary School Primary
- Talavera Infant School Primary
- Talavera Junior School Primary
- The Cambridge Primary School Primary
- Wellington Community Primary School Primary
- Inclusion School Aldershot Special schools
- Rowhill School Academies
Common questions
- What ages does Alderwood School teach?
- Alderwood School teaches children aged 4 to 16. It is an all-through school in Aldershot.
- Who is the headteacher of Alderwood School?
- The headteacher of Alderwood School is Mr Andrew Titheridge, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Alderwood School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Alderwood School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Alderwood School?
- Alderwood School has 1,471 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- Is Alderwood School full?
- Alderwood School has capacity for 1,540 pupils and 1,471 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Alderwood School a faith school?
- No. Alderwood School has no designated religious character.
- Does Alderwood School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Alderwood School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Alderwood School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 69% in 2022/23 and 70% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Alderwood School compare with other schools in Hampshire?
- Alderwood School ranked 47th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 46% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Alderwood School's absence rate?
- Alderwood School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Alderwood School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Alderwood School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.