Gillingham School
In 2026 offers reached 6.96 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.
Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: Dorset Council offer-day figures, 2026.
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Good, May 2023
- Getting in
- Last offer 6.96 mi (2026)
- Results
- -0.18 progress 8; 46.8 attainment 8
- Run by
- United Learning Trust
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18 · Mixed
- Attainment 8: 46.8, against 44.5 in Dorset.
- English and maths, grade 5+: 45%, against 42% in Dorset.
- Progress 8: -0.18, against -0.07 in Dorset.
At a glance
Against Dorset and EnglandOverview
Getting in
- We hold a catchment map for this school.
Quality
- Good
- Progress 8: -0.18 (England +0.01) (county -0.07)
- Attainment 8: 46.8 (England 47.4) (county 44.5)
- English and maths grade 5 or above: 45% (England 48%) (county 42%)
- Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: below average
Daily life
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 53 m, rail 557 m
- 17 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 5 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 4.8 µg/m³, PM2.5 5.9 (1 km square, background level)
- Absence and suspension figures are not published for this school (DfE covers state schools only).
Who runs it
- United Learning Trust, with 98 schools
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 September 2026
- Replaced Gillingham School (URN 113882)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Getting in
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Offer day, year by year
| Entry | Year | Places | Applications | Offered | Refused | Last distance (miles) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | 2026 | 270 | 381 | 270 | 26 | 6.96 |
Source: Council offer-day figures: Dorset Council, 2026 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.
Results
Results
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress 8 | -0.18 | +0.01 | -0.07 | 2023/2024 |
| Attainment 8 | 46.8 | 47.4 | 44.5 | 2025/2026 |
| English and maths grade 5 or above | 45% | 48% | 42% | 2025/2026 |
Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2025/2026.
League table place
| Table | League rank |
|---|---|
| GCSE (key stage 4) | Top 32% (6/19) |
| A level (16 to 18) | Top 47% (7/15) |
Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
Daily life
Stops nearby
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 53 |
| rail | 557 |
Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
Road collisions within 500 m
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 |
Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 5 serious and 0 fatal in all; 8 involved a pedestrian, 3 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 4.8 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 10.1 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 5.9 | 2024 |
Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
Who runs it
Who runs it
- United Learning Trust, with 98 schools
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 September 2026
- Replaced Gillingham School (URN 113882)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Area
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →Sources
- Council offer-day figures: Dorset Council
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Gillingham and the Dorset league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
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