Gillingham School
Secondary school · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · Mixed
Hardings Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4QP
- Pupils–
- Ages11 to 18
- Latest Ofsted10 May 2023
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date.
Graded inspection · 10 May 2023
This inspection was of a predecessor school, before it reopened under its current reference number. Ofsted says grades of a predecessor school can’t, in law, transfer to the new one.
Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- Sixth form provisionGood
- Safeguarding is effectiveYes
Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).
S5 Inspection · report published 4 Jul 2023
Read the full reports on Ofsted’s website (opens in a new tab) — they explain the reasons behind each grade.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Academy converter (Academies)
- Phase
- Secondary
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Opened
- 1 September 2026
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Dorset
- URN
- 152446 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
For a place at the usual starting age you apply through your home council (where you live), even if the school is in another area — not to the school. You can usually name several schools in order of preference.
Apply for a secondary place (GOV.UK)
How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.