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Gillingham School

Secondary · Gillingham · SP8 4QP

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At a glance

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://www.gillingham-dorset.co.uk/
URN
152446

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 6.958 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority. Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher22.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier53.6%62.3%
Social housing19.2%17.1%
Privately rented27.3%20.5%
Detached houses13.3%22.9%
Flats34.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms14.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van19.6%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01020443 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,955 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£247,000305 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£185,000–£305,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (86)£345,000
Semi-detached (85)£255,000
Terraced (75)£225,000
Flat (59)£120,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.8
All reported collisions
17an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
5an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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