Academy converter · Primary
Gillingham · SP8 4QR · Dorset
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 113882
Gillingham School
Voluntary controlled school · Gillingham · SP8 4QP
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,684
Local authority
Dorset
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Gillingham, Dorset, 1,684 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 20.4%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 113882
Location
- Address
- Hardings Lane
- Postcode
- SP8 4QP
- Town
- Gillingham
- County
- Dorset
- Local authority
- Dorset
- District
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,684
- Boys / girls
- 859 / 825
- School capacity
- 1,850
- Capacity fill
- 1,684 / 1,850 (91%)
- Free school meals
- 20.4%
- FSM pupils
- 282
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 8 on roll / 14 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Nicholson
- Telephone
- 01747822222
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-05-10
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 45.7
- Progress 8
- -0.2
- English & maths grade 5+
- 45%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 66%
- EBacc entry
- 66%
- EBacc APS
- 4.1