Gillotts School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 60 60.2 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 60.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 74.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 27.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.71 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	61.3[5]	76%[5]
2023/24	56.6[3]	67.7%[3]	+0.71[3]
2022/23	57.2[6]	67%[6]	+0.66[6]
2021/22	59.8[7]	71%[7]	+0.73[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 96% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 41% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 30% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 13% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	96%[9]	49%[9]	27%[9]	13%[9]	1%[9]	1%[9]
2020/21	98%[10]	48%[10]	32%[10]	5%[10]	0%[10]	4%[10]
2019/20	96%[11]	39%[11]	37%[11]	11%[11]	1%[11]	2%[11]
2018/19	93%[12]	35%[12]	43%[12]	8%[12]	3%[12]	1%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 27 Jun 2023[13]
Type: S5 Inspection[13]
Report published: 14 Sep 2023[13]
Personal development: Outstanding[13]
Quality of education: Outstanding[13]
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding[13]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[13]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
4 Feb 2020[14]	Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[14]	No overall grade[14]
Date not published[15]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15]	No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.8 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference): 477 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences: 222 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered: 173 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place: 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[16]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	479[16]	214[16]	170[16]	2.8[16]	1.3[16]
Entry Sept 2024	524[16]	237[16]	188[16]	2.8[16]	1.3[16]
Entry Sept 2023	494[16]	193[16]	173[16]	2.9[16]	1.1[16]
Entry Sept 2022	555[16]	241[16]	196[16]	2.8[16]	1.2[16]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 900[1]
Trust: RIVER LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority: Oxfordshire[1]
Website: www.gillotts.org.uk [1]
District: South Oxfordshire [17]
Postcode: RG9 1PS[1]
URN: 137921[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 918 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language: 7.1% 2024/25[18]
SEN support: 24% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan: 3.8% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 12.1% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 86.6%[19]
Mixed: 6.5%[19]
Asian: 4.3%[19]
Black: 1.1%[19]
Any other ethnic group: 0.7%[19]
Unclassified: 0.7%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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