Schools in Stroud
70 state-funded schools, 17,537 pupils. 92.6% of those carrying an Ofsted grade are Good or Outstanding, including 3 rated Outstanding.
Ofsted Management Information, Feb 2026. Grades are the current published rating, which may pre-date the school’s most recent visit.
Ofsted grades
1 school has been inspected under Ofsted's post-September-2024 report-card framework, which replaces the single 1–4 grade with separate judgments. Those are excluded from the percentages above rather than mapped onto the old scale, because the two scales have no clean equivalence. 1 school is awaiting a first inspection.
Quick answers
How many schools are there in Stroud?
Stroud has 70 state-funded schools teaching 17,537 pupils. 58 primary, 8 secondary, 4 special.
What percentage of schools in Stroud are Good or Outstanding?
92.6% of the 68 schools carrying an Ofsted grade in Stroud are rated Good or Outstanding: 3 Outstanding and 60 Good. 4 require improvement and 1 are rated Inadequate.
Which schools in Stroud are rated Outstanding?
3 schools are currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted in Stroud: Stroud High School, Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary School, Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary School.
Are there grammar schools in Stroud?
Yes. Stroud has 2 selective (grammar) schools: Stroud High School, Marling School. Selective schools admit by entrance exam, so the local non-selective intake differs from the national picture.
Rated Outstanding
Ofsted’s highest grade. Largest first; a grade can be several years old, so the year is shown.
- Stroud High SchoolGrammarSecondary1,106Outstanding 2023
- Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary422Outstanding 2024
- Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary SchoolPrimary134Outstanding 2023
By phase
| Phase | Schools | Graded | Good or better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 58 | 57 | 93% |
| Secondary | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| Special | 4 | 3 | 66.7% |
Every school in Stroud
Showing 20 of 70 schools.
| New framework | Links | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Katharine Lady Berkeley's School | Secondary | 1,510 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Rednock School | Secondary | 1,232 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Marling SchoolGrammar | Secondary | 1,117 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Stroud High SchoolGrammar | Secondary | 1,106 | Outstanding2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Archway School | Secondary | 1,045 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Maidenhill School | Secondary | 726 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Thomas Keble School | Secondary | 722 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary School | Primary | 422 | Outstanding2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Coopers Edge School | Primary | 408 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
SGS Berkeley Green UTC | Secondary | 380 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Hunts Grove Primary Academy | Primary | 373 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Blue Coat CofE Primary School | Primary | 316 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Hardwicke Parochial Primary Academy | Primary | 312 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Minchinhampton Primary Academy | Primary | 286 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Dursley Church of England Primary Academy | Primary | 256 | Good2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Stroud Valley Community Primary School | Primary | 251 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Foxmoor Primary School | Primary | 243 | Good2020 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Berkeley Primary School | Primary | 225 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Cam Hopton Church of England Primary School | Primary | 211 | Good2015 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Cashes Green Primary School | Primary | 210 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
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