Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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- 2026 1.4; Dorset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2025 1.3; Dorset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2024 1.4; Dorset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2023 1.4; Dorset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2022 1.3; Dorset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2021 1.3; Dorset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 1.3; Dorset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 1.5; Dorset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2018 1.4; Dorset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Dorset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Dorset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Dorset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Dorset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Dorset median
Dashed bars: as Gillingham School (URN 113882), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 * | 265 | 369 | 1.4 | 284 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2025 * | 253 | 320 | 1.3 | 244 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 * | 264 | 369 | 1.4 | 265 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 252 | 349 | 1.4 | 247 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 * | 280 | 359 | 1.3 | 277 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 * | 272 | 364 | 1.3 | 273 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 270 | 360 | 1.3 | 267 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 * | 277 | 407 | 1.5 | 314 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 * | 276 | 383 | 1.4 | 266 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 * | 273 | 382 | 1.4 | 263 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 * | 275 | 433 | 1.6 | 297 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2015 * | 274 | 387 | 1.4 | 282 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 * | 272 | 407 | 1.5 | 295 | 1.08 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Gillingham SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood2023
- 6.9 km · DorsetGood20231.6applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 11.1 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 11.8 km · Dorset20261.7applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 15.6 km · SomersetGood20231.6applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
- 18.3 km · Somerset20261.3applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 19.4 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.5applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 19.7 km · WiltshireRemains Good20221.2applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 20.8 km · DorsetGood20241.1applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 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
- 152446 · 838/4503
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,850 pupils
- Opened
- 1 September 2026
- Replaced
- Gillingham School (URN 113882)
- Address
- Hardings Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4QP
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources