Archway School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Stroud, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
8.20 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Archway School is a secondary school in Stroud, Gloucestershire for ages 11–18 (community school). Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Archway School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 8.20 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 8.20 miles away, the 6th longest of 23 Gloucestershire secondary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- For Year 7 2026, 145 first-choice applications for 203 offers; 144 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 40% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Gloucestershire.
- In 2024/25, Attainment 8 score was 43.3 (England 46); A level average grade D+ (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level well below average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gloucestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Paganhill, Stroud, GL5 4AX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,053 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “At Archway, pupils enjoy being part of their school community.”
- “They appreciate the opportunities they have to develop their interests, for example in the arts or sporting activities.”
- “Most pupils enjoy their learning.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not receive the support that they need in lessons to build on what they have learned before.”
- “For example, some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities or those who face other barriers to learning do not benefit consistently from adaptations to teaching so that learning is well matched to their needs.”
- “As a result, they do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 145 first-preference applications, 203 offers in total, 144 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Gloucestershire.
- Marling School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stroud High School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Maidenhill School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thomas Keble School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre 5.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Severn Vale School 5.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holmleigh Park High School 5.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Crypt School 6.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
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