Secondary Schools

At the age of eleven plus, pupils transfer to one of the secondary schools in our area.
These include:

Comprehensive & Grammar Schools

Archway Comprehensive 11-18 years
Katharine Lady Berkeley Comprehensive 11-18 years
Maidenhill Comprehensive 11-16 years
Marling School Boys’ Grammar 11-18 years
Pate’s Grammar 11-18 years
Rednock Comprehensive 11-18 years
Ribston Hall High School Girls’ Grammar 11-18 years
Sir Thomas Rich’s Grammar 11-18 years
Sir William Romney’s School Comprehensive 11-16 years
Stroud High School Girls’ Grammar 11-18 years
The Crypt School Mixed Grammar 11-18 years
Thomas Keble Comprehensive 11-16 years

Independent Schools

Wycliffe College Prep School 2-13 years
Wycliffe Senior School 13-19 years

Admissions Procedure

The secondary allocation procedure is sent out to parents by the Chief Education Officer at the start of the child’s final year at Primary School. Foundation schools are independent of the L.E.A. and will also send details of their admission procedure.

We have good relationships with our secondary schools and encourage links between the two phases. We aim for each child to have acquired the skills and attitudes needed to meet the challenge of secondary schooling. Making the right choice is not always easy. Please contact us if you would like any guidance.

For more information regarding the transfer to secondary school please go the Gloucestershire County Council website

Grammar School Entry

You will need to contact your preferred grammar school direct to find out how to apply or for results of any tests. For information regarding key dates go to the Gloucestershire County Council website

The seven Gloucestershire Grammar Schools are planning to hold the Entrance Test as planned on Saturday the 12th of September. Each school will ensure that all guidance on social distancing and hygiene are fully implemented at each testing site. If the date of the Entrance Test has to be changed in light of revised Governmental guidance, then all parents/careers who have registered their child to sit the Entrance Test, will be notified of that change in advance of the 12th of September.

The results of this test will be emailed to parents in October. This will enable you to have the information you need before your completion of the CAF (Common Application Form) for Gloucestershire County Council.

Open Days

Archway
Please take a Virtual Tour through our school here.

Katharine Lady Berkeley
Please take a Virtual Tour through our school here.
Primary Transition Transfer Information
Y6 Open Evening Presentation.
School Prospectus.

Maidenhill
Please view our Virtual Open Event here.
We also have a short video montage, ‘A Taste of Maidenhill’ which can be found here.
Please also take a look at our 2021 admission prospectus. In addition, we would encourage you to visit our ‘Celebrating Success’ link to see some of our students’ achievements and also to view our most recent newsletter.

Marling
Please view our Virtual Open Event here.
Our students love to talk about their experience at the school and have filmed themselves talking about their time at the school. Click here to watch.
All parents have questions, here Rob Reid, Assistant Headteacher, answers some of the most commonly asked ones. Our FAQs can also be found by clicking here.
Lastly, we are sure the admission process is an area that you will want to explore, and an additional presentation addresses this key issue, please click here.
The admissions section of our website contains further useful information but if you have any questions, please email admissions@marling.school, including a phone number if you would like us to call you and we will be in contact shortly.

Pate’s
Please take a Virtual Tour through our school here.

Rednock
Please view our Virtual Open Event here.
Please also read our Y6 Transition Information

Ribston Hall High
Please view our Virtual Open Event here.

Sir Thomas Rich’s
Please view our Virtual Open Event here.

Sir William Romney’s
Awaiting Virtual Open Event information.

Stroud High School for Girls
Please take a Virtual Tour through our school here.

The Crypt School
Please view our school’s Promotional Video here.

Thomas Keble
Please view our Virtual open Event here.

Wycliffe
Please view information regarding our Prep-School here.