Gillingham School
Hardings Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4QP
Local ranking11th of 30 secondary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1850
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 42.7
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.1%
- Entering EBacc
- 64.0%
- EBacc APS
- 3.8
- Cohort Size
- 264
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 38.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 42.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.5
Avg Points/Entry
31.9
Best 3 A-Levels
142
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.3%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 290
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1670
- Boys
- 853 (51%)
- Girls
- 817 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1850 (90% full)
- SEND
- 10.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.3%
- EAL
- 4.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 6.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 96.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,783/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.5%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.1%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 82.6%
- White Other: 6.1%
- Other: 6.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
82.6%
White British
6.1%
White Other
6.1%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 113882
- UKPRN
- 10002671
- Establishment No.
- 4503