Stroud High School

Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Stroud, Gloucestershire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2026

Not published

From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026

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Stroud High School is a secondary school in Stroud, Gloucestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 7 November 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.

Stroud High 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	Not published
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

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Year 7 2026: 197 first-choice applications for 149 offers, 1.3 first choices per offer, the 4th highest of 39 Gloucestershire secondary schools.
In Year 7 2026, 130 offers went to first-choice families, 67 first-choice families were not offered a place, and 19 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
190 of the 424 applications for Year 7 in 2026 came from families living outside Gloucestershire; 89 offers went to them.
In 2024/25, 98% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Gloucestershire.

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: Beards Lane, Cainscross Road, Stroud, GL5 4HF
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–18
Admissions policy: Selective
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 1,144 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 3.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.3

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Outstanding Inspected 7 November 2023

Strengths

“Pupils thrive at this exceptional school.”
“They relish their learning and the extensive opportunities they have for their personal development.”
“The school is determined that pupils experience ‘the exceptional every day’, and they do.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 December 2023 (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)	98%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	76.9	46
A level average grade (2024/25)	B	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: 197 first-preference applications, 149 offers in total, 130 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 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
Archway School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Maidenhill School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Thomas Keble School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre 5.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Holmleigh Park High School 5.9 mi Good Last distance published
Severn Vale School 5.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
The Crypt School 6.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published