Gillotts School
Secondary · Henley-on-Thames · RG9 1PS
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 27 June 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
934 pupils · 104% of 900 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 10.2% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 7.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 24% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 3.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Website
- www.gillotts.org.uk
- URN
- 137921
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 222 families named it first for 173 Year 7 places, 1.28 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2012 entry went to 4.305 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 15 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 27 June 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
1.28 first-choice applications per place173 places offered · 222 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: defined priority area.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2012 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 4.305 miles
measurement method not stated by the council.
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Criterion 10 (All other children who do not live in the designated (catchment) area and also do not attend a designated...)
- 2.429 miles
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
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GCSE results (2024/2025)
171 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| The Beacon School | 45.1 | |
| Cirencester Deer Park School | 52.5 | |
| Millais School | 51.6 | |
| School of Science and Technology Maidstone | 48 | |
| Carterton Community College | 33.8 | |
| Queen Elizabeth School | 59.6 | |
| Devizes School | 45.3 | |
| Fullbrook School | 52.6 | |
| The Highfield School | 41.7 | |
| Wheatley Park School | 51.5 | |
| St Margaret's Church of England Academy | 49.6 | |
| Hurstmere School | 42.1 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 76% (Oxfordshire 64%, England 59%) · Any other White background 10% (Oxfordshire 9%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (Oxfordshire 4%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.98 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Oxfordshire: 20.32 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
70.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 15.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,025; 6.7% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 4 February 2020: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 20 April 2016: Yes - improving (good)
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 63.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 7% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 58.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 5.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 59.8% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 88.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 1.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 10.4% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 75.5% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 7.5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 66.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 5.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028656 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £772,500140 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £511,000–£950,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 1an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted