Gillingham Primary School

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

DorsetLocal Authority

North DorsetConstituency

SP8 4QRPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Gillingham Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Dorset, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 233 pupils. Gillingham Primary School is part of Pickwick Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 Jan 2026 · published 13 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 39%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

233

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

25%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 233
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: Pickwick Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
25 Nov 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.