Gillingham School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Gillingham, SP8 4QP
- Distance
- 6.9km away
Shaftesbury School
Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER
Local ranking19th of 28 secondary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1283
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 7 March 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 25.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 119
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 79.0%
- Higher education
- 36.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 34.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
25.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
61
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 2.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 23.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 145
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 864
- Boys
- 424 (54%)
- Girls
- 358 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1283 (61% full)
- SEND
- 20.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.9%
- EAL
- 6.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 17.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.7
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.8%
- White Other: 5.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Asian Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.7%
- White Irish: 0.2%
87.8%
White British
5.1%
White Other
1.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Salisbury Road
Shaftesbury, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 140898
- UKPRN
- 10046205
- Establishment No.
- 4511
- Trust
- SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST
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