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
Virtual Autumn Open Evening – Monday 28th September 2020 6:30pm
We will be running a live broadcast at 6.30pm on Monday 28th September, with presentations from Mr Smith (Headteacher) and Mrs Durrant (Head of Key Stage 3). A link will be published on our website (to follow).
If you use a laptop or a desktop computer you will not require any specific software to view the broadcast, it will be available simply by clicking the published link to view. If you are using a mobile device (phone or tablet) you will need to download the Microsoft Teams app in order to view the broadcast (available from Google Play Store for Android devices, or the App Store for Apple devices) – links below – prior to the event.
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.teams&hl=en_GB
Apple: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/microsoft-teams/id1113153706
We look forward to welcoming you to Archway!
If you have any questions prior the virtual event please click here to submit them, and we’ll do our best to answer them during the event.
View a student tour of the school here.

Katharine Lady Berkeley
Open Events 2020 – TBC
No information is available at this time regarding Open Evenings/Open Days in 2020.
Virtual Tour
Joining KLB in 2021
Primary Transition Transfer Information
Y6 Open Evening Presentation.
School Prospectus.

Maidenhill
Virtual Open Evening 2020 – TBC
It is with regret we are unable to hold our usual Open Evenings/Mornings. However, you can begin your consideration of Maidenhill as the school of choice for your son/daughter by taking a look at our 2021 admission prospectus. In addition, I would encourage you to visit our ‘Celebrating Success’ link to see some of our students’ achievements and also to view our most recent newsletter.

To further help your decision making, we plan to hold a ‘Virtual Open Evening’. This will be available via YouTube and a link to this will go on to our website in due course. You will be able to hear directly from Mrs Wilson our Headteacher about her vision for the school and find out more about Maidenhill from various sources including the students themselves. At the same time, we will release a ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ (FAQ) document that will give additional information about the school. Should you have further questions after reading these documents, please email our dedicate​d email address: questions@maidenhill.gloucs.sch.uk. Questions we receive will be added to the FAQ document which will be updated on a weekly basis.

Maidenhill school wishes you and your son/daughter all the very best for the forthcoming academic year and we hope to be able to welcome you to Maidenhill in September 2021.
Y6 Information

Marling
Open Evening – 19th October 2020 – PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE NEARER THE TIME
Open Day – See our Virtual Tour
Our students love to talk about their experience at the school. Although not able to be on stage today, our students 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.
We hope you have enjoyed your time with us this morning and we hope to meet you at a live in school Open Day in the autumn.

Pate’s
Y5 & Y6 Open Mornings 2020 – Wednesday 30th September 2020 and Friday 2nd October 2020 Timings: 9 – 11am or 11am – 1pm both days.
This will be a wonderful opportunity to visit the school on a working day. There will be a presentation by Russel Ellicott (Headmaster), and student-guided tours of the school. Staff will be on hand to talk to you about the transition from primary school and about life at Pate’s, including the House system, clubs, uniform and school buses.
Book your Open Morning via theschool website
Open Evening – Tuesday 6th October 2020 5:30 – 8:30pm
Further details regarding booking will be published on our website in September. Open to all ages.
Please be assured that we will be observing government guidelines regarding social distancing and hygiene. We will endeavour to make parking available on site (subject to weather conditions).

Rednock
Virtual Open Evening 2020 – Available from Monday 5th October 2020
Unfortunately due to Covid-19 and the measures we have put in place to minimise risk, we are unable to welcome prospective students and their parents to visit Rednock School for our usual Term 1 Open Mornings and Open Evening. Instead we will be posting a Virtual Open Evening to our website, which will be available from Monday 5th October 2020.
Y6 Transition Information

Ribston Hall High
virtual Open Evening – Tuesday 20th October 2020 5:30 – 6:30pm and 7 – 8pm
Who can attend:
All prospective pupils and their parents/carers are welcome to attend a session to find out more about life at Ribston Hall High School.
Booking your place:
There will be two sessions available, 5.30pm to 6.30pm and 7pm to 8pm. If you would like to book a place at one of the sessions, please click on the Registration Form
We will send you a confirmation email containing a zoom invitation to join us nearer to this date. Please be aware places are subject to availability. Thank youView the recent Open Day presentation on the Ribston Hall website.

Sir Thomas Rich’s
Open Evenings 2020 – 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 29th, 30th September and 1st October at 4:30pm and 5:30pm
For: Pupils in Years 5 and 6 and their parents.
Location: Sir Thomas Rich’s Gloucester, GL2 0LF (parking available).
Families can attend in groups of up to three people (1 adult and 2 children or 2 adults and 1 child).
Each session includes a welcome from the Headmaster, tour of the school and Q&A with current students and key staff.
Pre-registration is essential, full details and booking available at www.strschool.co.uk.
The Open Evenings would be of particular benefit to boys currently in Year 6 who are about to sit the Gloucestershire Grammar School Admissions Test on 17 October for 2021 admission, as well as to Year 5 boys considering their secondary choices for 2022 admission. (Apologies, we are unable to accept bookings from parents of pupils in other year groups due to restrictions to the number of visitors we can currently have on the school site.)
We are very much looking forward to welcoming prospective pupils and their parents to the school. Please be assured we will be following Government guidelines on social distancing and hygiene.
Virtual Open Day 2020 – 22nd September for anyone unable to attend a face-face session.
Full details and pre-registration for both the live and virtual events is available online at www.strschool.co.uk from Friday 11 September.
We are a selective grammar school, taking 150 boys into Year 7 who join us from Gloucester, the county and beyond. We have a mixed Sixth Form into which we have welcomed a current total of 150 girls. In every Ofsted inspection we have been judged Outstanding, and we pride ourselves on our reputation for academic excellence, the superb range of extracurricular opportunities we offer and the high quality of our pastoral care.
Our prospectus and admissions information booklets are available as PDFs at www.strschool.co.uk/admissions.
Parents are very welcome to email the school on info@strs.org.uk if they have any questions at all about admissions or any other aspect of school life.

Sir William Romney’s
Open Events 2020 – TBC
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, we are disappointed to announce that we are unable to hold our annual Open Evenings or Mornings. We understand that this is a very important time for Year 6 pupils and their families to visits schools and understand their ethos and culture.
Therefore, the letter here details how we will support pupils and their families during these very unusual times. We will be releasing a video introducing pupils and families to SWR before October 2020. Our Headteacher, Mr Bell, will also be hosting a live Q&A forum for parents on Wednesday 30th September.

Stroud High School for Girls
Virtual Open Evening – Thursday 15 October 2020 at 6pm
Pre-register today to be emailed the link to our live online Open Evening.
By completing this online form you are giving Stroud High School permission to email you a link to their live telecast event using the email address that you have provided. We plan to email this to you the day before the event.

The Crypt School
Open Mornings – Wednesday 14th & Thursday 15th October 2020 9:30am & 11:30am
Invitations will be sent electronically via email nearer to the Open Event you have booked onto so please ensure you have listed a valid email address to receive information on how to join.
Please only select one date and time slot – duplicate bookings are not permitted.
Following strong advice from Gloucestershire Local Authority, and in light of the new guidance around gatherings of more than 6 people, the School has decided that all of its Open Events this calendar year will be held virtually. We hope to hold some live open events in the New Year if the situation allows.

Thomas Keble
Virtual Open Evenings 2020 – Virtual Tour from Wednesday 30 September 2020 and Meet the SLT & Zoom FAQ session Thursday 1 October from 6 – 7pm,
Our special ‘Virtual Open Evening Section’ will go live from Wednesday 30 September 2020. Short films will give you a virtual tour of our school, a chance to meet the curriculum leads and the opportunity to hear from our students and staff about our ‘TK Way’ and why we think it’s the right learning environment for your child.

On Thursday 1 October from 6 – 7pm, you will have an opportunity to meet the Senior Leadership Team and participate in a live Q&A via Zoom. To register your interest and submit any questions, please click here.

Wycliffe
Whole School Open Morning – Saturday 3rd October 9am – 12pm
We would love to see you at our next Open Morning. We are limiting the number of visitors and tours due to the current situation, and so we are offering timed slots to ensure we can maintain social distancing on campus. You will be able to see the school in action and talk to staff about how we can support your child’s education.

To register for a timed slot, please complete the form here, indicating your preferred arrival time and we will endeavour to accommodate your requirements. If you would like to see the Prep School and the Senior School during the morning, please select two separate time slots with one and a half hours between them.