Gillotts School

Gillotts School has been rated as outstanding in all areas after its inspection in June 2023, marking a significant improvement from its previous good rating. The school excels in providing a high-quality education and ensuring exceptional progress for all pupils, including those with special educational needs. Leaders foster a highly inclusive and welcoming environment where students feel valued and secure, contributing to their overall well-being and happiness. The school is committed to developing pupils’ resilience and self-confidence, and they engage actively in various extracurricular activities, promoting personal development and citizenship.

Strengths

• Leaders have high ambitions for all pupils.
• Pupils thrive due to high-quality teaching and care.
• The school offers a broad and ambitious curriculum.
• Strong emphasis on reading helps pupils catch up quickly.
• Pupils with SEND receive tailored support leading to high levels of progress.
• Leadership's commitment to pupils’ personal development is exceptional.
• Highly supportive and reflective leadership structure.
• Staff receive extensive training to enhance teaching quality.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Gillotts School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 10.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.7% of pupils at Gillotts School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Gillotts School had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 23.4% of pupils at Gillotts School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2023–24 Gillotts School received £6,947 and spent £6,644 for each of its 917 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,282,000 (£1,398 per pupil).

Across all 29 schools of River Learning Trust, income was £7,542 and spending £7,537 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Henley-On-Thames · Oxfordshire local authority: places and applications

Gillotts School is part of River Learning Trust, which runs 30 schools. The nearest others:

• Garsington Church of England Primary School Oxford
• Wheatley Park School Oxford
• Horspath Church of England Primary School Oxford
• The Oxford Academy Oxford
• Rose Hill Primary School Oxford
• Larkrise Primary School Oxford
• Sandhills Community Primary School Oxford
• Bayards Hill School Oxford
• Cheney School Oxford
• Barton Park Primary School Oxford

What is Gillotts School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Gillotts School is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Gillotts School last inspected by Ofsted?

Gillotts School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Gillotts School have?

Gillotts School has 934 pupils on roll.

What age range does Gillotts School cover?

Gillotts School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Gillotts School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 60.2, and 74% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Gillotts School?

Gillotts School is at Gillotts Lane, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 1PS.