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Gillotts School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 934Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 137921URN

Gillotts Lane, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1PS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.5 above Oxfordshire median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Oxfordshire

477 applications for 173 places · 8th of 38 in Oxfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
60.2of 90
1st of 41 in Oxfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 27 June 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 27 June 2023
    Graded inspection: Outstanding
  2. 5 February 2020
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.8applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above Oxfordshire median (2.3) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

477 applications · 173 places offered · 222 named it first

  1. 2026 2.8; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.8; Oxfordshire median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.8; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  4. 2023 2.9; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 3.1; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 3.2; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.7; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 1.7
  12. 2015 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Oxfordshire median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Oxfordshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261734772.82221.28
Sep 20251704792.82141.26
Sep 20241885242.82371.26
Sep 20231734942.91931.12
Sep 20221965552.82411.23
Sep 20211946083.12321.20
Sep 20201725463.22261.31
Sep 20191955412.82401.23
Sep 20181784752.72151.21
Sep 20171794172.32291.28
Sep 20161814032.22111.17
Sep 20151803702.12081.16
Sep 20141772901.61550.88

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

197 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)60.21st of 41 in Oxfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths74%1st of 41 in Oxfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths89%
  • This school
  • Oxfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.71
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19760.274%89%–
2024/2517161.376%87%–
2023/2419256.668%83%+0.71
2022/2318157.267%85%+0.66

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137921 · 931/4055
Trust
River Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
900 pupils · 934 on roll
Free school meals
10.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2012
Replaced
Gillotts School (URN 123240)
Address
Gillotts Lane, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1PS
Local authority
Oxfordshire · South Oxfordshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources