SF School Facts UK

16 plus school in Stroud, South Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

Stratford Road, Stroud, GL5 4AH

School website 01179312121

Ofsted

Ofsted has not published an inspection outcome for this school.

This is usual for schools that have opened recently, and for most independent schools, which are inspected by ISI or another approved body rather than Ofsted.

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

10.3 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

11% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

21% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

0.9 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

0% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

-2.92confidence interval -3.23 to -2.61

Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as supp.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C-
Average points per entry
26.2

England average 32.3

A level students
213

What pupils do next

After sixth form

Went to university
13%

England 50%

In education, work or training
74%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
12%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
1765

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

4% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
31%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
755

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Stroud 006F, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
42%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
10%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
63%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
12%

England 17%

Households with no car
15%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
28%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Further education
Phase
16 plus
Ages
Ages 14–99
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: David Withey
Local authority
South Gloucestershire
Ward
Stroud Central
Constituency
Stroud
URN
139238

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest 16 plus schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Gloucestershire CollegeFurther education No grade 7.9 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded 16 plus schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
New City CollegeFurther education No grade 12.1
West Thames CollegeFurther education No grade 1.2
South and City College BirminghamFurther education No grade 16.3
South Devon CollegeFurther education No grade 31
Hull CollegeFurther education No grade 11.8
East Durham CollegeFurther education No grade 12.1
Luminate Education GroupFurther education No grade 19.2
Bishop Auckland CollegeFurther education No grade 4.6

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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