Gillingham School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Gillingham, Dorset
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
6.958 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2016–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gillingham School is a secondary school in Gillingham, Dorset for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2016 to 2026 entry.
Gillingham School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 6.958 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2016 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 6.958 miles from the school, nearer than in 2024 and about the same as in 2016.
- The Year 7 last distance has swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move from 2016 to 2018.
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 8 years with a published outcome.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dorset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hardings Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4QP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Dorset
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
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Straight-line distance, in Dorset.
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- Ferndown Upper School 22.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Dorset Studio School 22.9 mi Good Last distance published