Stroud High School
Academy · Year 7–Year 13 · 1,144 pupils
Marling School
Cainscross Road, Stroud GL5 4HE
Year groups
Year 7–Year 13
Secondary
Pupils
1,082
On roll
Ages
11–18
Capacity 1,150
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Lift Schools
Schola Grade 9
GCSE-style grade (9–1) · compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other state-funded secondary schools in England; the line marks the middle. Some measures aren't reported for this school, so the grade uses the ones available. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About Marling School
Marling School is a secondary academy in Stroud, Gloucestershire, for pupils aged 11–18 (Year 7–Year 13). It is part of Lift Schools.
It has 1,082 pupils on roll and room for 1,150. It is a boys' school. It is a grammar school: state-funded, and admitting pupils by an entrance test. It has a sixth form. Its Schola Grade is 9 on the GCSE-style 9–1 scale, compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Academy · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Year groups
- Year 7–Year 13
- Ages
- 11–18
- Official type
- Academy converter
- Pupils
- Boys only
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Pupils on roll
- 1,082
- Capacity
- 1,150 pupils
- Free school meals
- 4.20% of pupils eligible
- Academy trust
- Lift Schools
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 137123
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