Secondary
Archway School
Paganhill, Stroud, GL5 4AX
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1053 of 1215 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Sixth form
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 80.7
- Pupils per adult
- 12.4
- Pupils
- 997
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Sixth formNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
March 2022
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
March 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
40%
32 points below the Stroud average (72% across 4 schools)
43.3
17.1 below the Stroud average (60.4 across 4 schools)
4th of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Stroud we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.85 |
| Entered the EBacc | 40% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% |
| A level average points per entry | 22.41 |
| A level students | 62 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44% |
| 22/23 | 42% |
| 23/24 | 37% |
| 24/25 | 40% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31.2 |
| 22/23 | 27.2 |
| 23/24 | 24.9 |
| 24/25 | 22.4 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.29 |
| 22/23 | -0.23 |
| 23/24 | -0.36 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.3 |
| 22/23 | 45.1 |
| 23/24 | 40.7 |
| 24/25 | 43.3 |
Paganhill, Stroud, GL5 4AX
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Gloucestershire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- James Woollin
- Address
- Paganhill, Stroud, GL5 4AX
- Telephone
- 01453763242