Stroud High School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Stroud · GL5 4HF · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att874.9
- P80.8
- EM5+94%
- Absence5.5%
0.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 137123
Marling School
Academy converter · Stroud · GL5 4HE
Ages 11–18 · 1,082 pupils · Gloucestershire
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
71.3
Overall absence
5.3%
Admissions demand
1.31 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-11-19
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.64
−20+2
Attainment 871.3
English & maths grade 5+98%
English & maths grade 4+99%
EBacc entry40%
EBacc APS: 6.4
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)11.0%
Unauthorised0.5%
- Authorised absence
- 4.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 799
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.31 · Competitive
1st preferences
196
Places offered
150
1st-preference offers
98
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 476
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 150
- Applications from outside LA
- 151
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 52
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill94%
1,082 pupils · 1,150 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,082
- Boys / girls
- 1,005 / 77
- School capacity
- 1,150
- Capacity fill
- 1,082 / 1,150 (94%)
- Free school meals
- 4.2%
- FSM pupils
- 33
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Boys
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: COTSWOLD BEACON ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- COTSWOLD BEACON ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Cotswold Beacon Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Peter Knight
Location
- Address
- Cainscross Road
- Postcode
- GL5 4HE
- Town
- Stroud
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Boys academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Stroud, Gloucestershire, 1,082 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, selective admissions. Free school meals: 4.2%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Archway School
Ofsted: Needs attentionCommunity school · Secondary
Stroud · GL5 4AX · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att840.7
- P8-0.4
- EM5+37%
- Absence11.3%
0.4 miles away
Maidenhill School
Ofsted: School remains GoodFoundation school · Secondary
Stonehouse · GL10 2HA · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att842.6
- P8-0.1
- EM5+40%
- Absence11.6%
2.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Peter Knight
- Telephone
- 01453762251