Alderwood School
All-through • Community school • Open
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School Profile
- Phase
- All-through
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Religious ethos
- Does not apply
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Capacity
- 1540
- Pupils
- 1514 (Boys: 788, Girls: 726)
- Free School Meals
- 30.4%
- Capacity utilisation
- 98% (1,514 / 1,540)
- Establishment type
- Community school
- Type group
- Local authority maintained schools
- Trust
- n/a
- Federation
- n/a
- SEN provision
- None reported
- Resourced provision
- None
- Opened
- n/a
- Status
- Open
Key identifiers
- URN
- 116234
- LAESTAB
- 8502729
- UKPRN
- 10064119
- Establishment No.
- 2729
- Ofsted phase
- Secondary
Ofsted
Not judged
published 12 Jan 2025
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Requires improvement
Early years
Good
Sixth form
9
At a glance
- Total pupils
- 1,512
- Age range
- 4–16
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Faith
- Non-faith
What do Ofsted grades mean?
- Outstanding (1) – Highest judgement.
- Good (2) – Strong overall effectiveness.
- Requires improvement (3) – Not yet good.
- Inadequate (4) – Significant weaknesses.
Ungraded visits (Section 8) check whether the previous grade still stands (e.g. “School remains Good”)
but don’t replace the last graded judgement.
Inspection history
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Not judged12 Jan 2025Type: S5 InspectionQuality: Requires improvementBehaviour: GoodPersonal dev: GoodLeadership: Requires improvementEarly years: GoodSixth form: 9
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective
(12 Jan 2025)