Stroud High School
Beards Lane, Stroud, GL5 4HF
1,144 pupils · 137% of 835 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions
- Selective
- Trust
- STROUD HIGH SCHOOL
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 2.9%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 7 November 2023, published 17 December 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 76.9 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 97.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 100% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 49.4% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.32 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 149 | 197 | 424 | 149 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 146 | 172 | 404 | 146 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 146 | 170 | 397 | 146 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 149 | 180 | 362 | 149 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 148 | 157 | 356 | 148 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 149 | 249 | 497 | 149 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 150 | 201 | 365 | 150 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 146 | 159 | 345 | 146 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Marling School 0.2 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Archway School 0.6 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Maidenhill School 3.3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Thomas Keble School 5.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre 9.2 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Holmleigh Park High School 9.4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.