Aldworth School
Western Way, Basingstoke, RG22 6HA
This school is closed (it closed in May 2024).
It was replaced by The Blue Coat School Basingstoke. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Rice
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Basingstoke
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Pupils on roll
- 906
- URN
- 116427
- Local authority
- Hampshire
About this school
Aldworth School was a community secondary school in Basingstoke. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 906 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Aldworth School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 188 | 161 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.9 | 35.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.67 -0.88 to -0.46 | -0.76 -0.99 to -0.53 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 28% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 49.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 20% | 10.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.0 |
Trends over time
How Aldworth 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 | 39.9 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 35.6 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 885 |
| 2023/24 | 906 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Aldworth School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 13.3% | 33.3% | 906 | — |
| The Blue Coat School Basingstoke | 33.1 | 13% | 34.3% | 837 | 0.0 miles |
| Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School | 59.3 | 4.7% | 10.3% | 894 | 0.4 miles |
| Brighton Hill Community School | 44.5 | 7.3% | 17.9% | 1,284 | 0.5 miles |
| Cranbourne | 42.7 | 9.5% | 28.3% | 1,088 | 0.7 miles |
| The Costello School | 47.3 | 8.8% | 16.6% | 1,160 | 1.7 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.3%
- English as an additional language
- 11.1%
- Overall absence
- 13.3%
- Persistent absence
- 34.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke0.0 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School0.4 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
Brighton Hill Community School0.5 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
Cranbourne0.7 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
The Costello School1.7 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
Other schools in Basingstoke
- Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School Secondary
- Brighton Hill Community School Secondary
- Cranbourne Secondary
- Everest Community Academy Secondary
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke Secondary
- The Costello School Secondary
- The Vyne Community School Secondary
- Castle Hill Infant School Primary
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
- Chalk Ridge Primary School Primary
- Chiltern Primary School Primary
- Cliddesden Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Aldworth School teach?
- Aldworth School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Basingstoke.
- Has Aldworth School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Aldworth School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Aldworth School?
- Aldworth School had 906 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Aldworth School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.9 in 2022/23 and 35.6 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Aldworth School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Aldworth 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 9 July 2024.