Secondary
Marling School
Cainscross Road, Stroud, GL5 4HE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1082 of 1150 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 71.9
- Pupils per adult
- 16.4
- Pupils
- 1,181
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 November 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
98%
26 points above the Stroud average (72% across 4 schools)
73.9
13.5 above the Stroud average (60.4 across 4 schools)
2nd 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 | 73.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 6.58 |
| Entered the EBacc | 41% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 98% |
| A level average points per entry | 38.34 |
| A level students | 189 |
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 | 97% |
| 22/23 | 96% |
| 23/24 | 98% |
| 24/25 | 98% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.6 |
| 22/23 | 38.1 |
| 23/24 | 40.1 |
| 24/25 | 38.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.40 |
| 22/23 | +0.50 |
| 23/24 | +0.64 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 71.9 |
| 22/23 | 68.3 |
| 23/24 | 71.3 |
| 24/25 | 73.9 |
Cainscross Road, Stroud, GL5 4HE
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
- Peter Knight
- Address
- Cainscross Road, Stroud, GL5 4HE
- Telephone
- 01453762251