Stroud High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 7 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
136874
Address
Beards Lane, Cainscross Road, GL5 4HF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1095 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
3.8%
Girls
96.2%
First language not English
4.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
3.1%
Persistent absence
10.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59.9%
Unclassified 20.9%
Mixed 4.9%
Indian 3.7%
Other White 3.3%
Other Asian 2.2%
African 2.2%
Chinese 0.9%
Pakistani 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.77
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 54%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 96%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 72.5
Local authority average 50
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.55
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE92
Business Studies:SingleGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE92
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Stroud High School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
146
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
170
2nd preference
93
3rd preference
86
From another Local Authority
148
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
137
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
54
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
160
0
160
Year 8
158
0
158
Year 9
160
0
160
Year 10
160
0
160
Year 11
159
0
159
Year 12
150
18
132
Year 13
148
24
124
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
85.9%
86.5%
Further education
3.0%
24.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
82.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
8.0%
10.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
5.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
79.0%
63.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
51.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
50.0%
21.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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