Stroud High School, Stroud

In 2026, pupils at Stroud High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 74.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 51.2 in Gloucestershire and 47 across England.

99% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 54% in Gloucestershire and 47% in England.

That is down from 76.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.85: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Chemistry.

Stroud High School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 197 families put Stroud High School as their first choice and 424 named it as one of their preferences, for 149 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 67 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Stroud High School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Stroud High School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Gloucestershire's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Gloucestershire has 7 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Stroud High School are Marling School (0.1 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 73.2); Archway School (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.4); Maidenhill School (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.6); and Thomas Keble School (3.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.3).

Stroud High School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 159 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 98% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 1% to a further education college.

Of the 147 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 57% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 18% into work. 46% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

3.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 7.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (63%), Asian (13%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 16 pupils (1.4%) received SEN support and 6 (0.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Stroud (Glos) Rail Station, about 920 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

21 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Marling School, 120 metres away.

In 2024/25, Stroud High School issued 10 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Stroud High School are Rodborough Community Primary School (0.5 miles), Lift Callowell (0.5 miles), The Rosary Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Matthew's Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.