Marling School

Stroud, GL5 4HE · Gloucestershire grammar school

Ofsted: Not judged Boys
Test board
Consortium: Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Consortium. No fixed pass mark; schools set individual qualifying standards from rank-ordered standardised scores

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2024-11-19)

Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good

Oversubscription criteria

  1. Looked after — Looked After Children / Previously Looked After Children who have met the qualifying standard
  2. Pupil premium — Pupil Premium candidates (registered for free school meals in the 6 years before test day) who met the qualifying standard
  3. Other qualified — Other candidates who met the qualifying standard, in test rank order

What the entrance test covers

Two multiple-choice papers (GL Assessment style), covering verbal ability (English and verbal reasoning), numerical reasoning (maths), and non-verbal reasoning. Each paper takes around an hour including instructions and worked examples. A qualifying rank on the test is not itself an offer — you must also list the grammar school(s) on your home LA's secondary school application form by the normal 31 October deadline.

University destinations

Oxbridge
5%
Russell Group
53%
Top-third university
51%
Any degree
83%

Of the 110-student 2019/20 leaver cohort, sustaining a higher-education destination the following year. This is the last cohort the Department for Education published with an Oxbridge/Russell Group breakdown — these categories were discontinued as official accountability measures after this release, so a more recent figure does not exist.

House prices nearby

Median price, Stroud Central ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£220,000

Median price for the school's electoral ward, year ending March 2023 — a neighbourhood-level indicator, not the school's actual admissions catchment (catchments are often smaller than a ward or span parts of several).

Feeder / linked schools

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Gloucestershire admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

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