Shaftesbury School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER
- Distance
- 6.9km away
Gillingham School
Hardings Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4QP
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1850
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 10 May 2023.
School history and status
Continues from Gillingham School (URN 113882) since 1 April 2026. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 281
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
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
142
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 290
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1670
- Capacity
- 1850 (0% 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
*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
- 9.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 88.4%
- White Other: 6.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.4%
88.4%
White British
6.5%
White Other
1.1%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 152446
- UKPRN
- 10100275
- Establishment No.
- 4503
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
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