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  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,053Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 115723URN

Paganhill, Stroud, GL5 4AX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.5 below Gloucestershire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in GloucestershireSelective

324 applications for 203 places · 32nd of 39 in Gloucestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.4of 90
36th of 41 in Gloucestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 April 2026Published 7 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 14 April 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 6 Needs attention
  2. 2 March 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.6applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Gloucestershire median (2.1) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

324 applications · 203 places offered · 145 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Gloucestershire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Gloucestershire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262033241.61450.71
Sep 20252073711.81580.76
Sep 20242113901.91690.80
Sep 20232273241.41580.70
Sep 20221702481.51140.67
Sep 20212102761.31060.50
Sep 20201502091.41090.73
Sep 20191912791.51370.72
Sep 20181712831.71510.88
Sep 20171983391.71550.78
Sep 20161863381.81780.96
Sep 20152123741.82060.97
Sep 20142113081.51720.82

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

150 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.436th of 41 in Gloucestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths25%40th of 41 in Gloucestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths54%
  • This school
  • Gloucestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.36
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15041.425%54%–
2024/2514643.340%53%–
2023/2415440.737%55%−0.36
2022/2316045.142%63%−0.23

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
115723 · 916/4032
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,215 pupils · 1,053 on roll
Free school meals
28.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Paganhill, Stroud, GL5 4AX
Local authority
Gloucestershire · Stroud

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources