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Fully selective state school · Gloucestershire

Stroud High School 11+ admissions

September 2027 entryEvidence reviewed 24 October 2026

Current entrance requirements, dates and school facts with links to the official evidence used. Unknown information is labelled rather than estimated.

At a glance

Address
Beards Lane, Stroud, South West, GL5 4HF
Year 7 admission
Girls for Year 7 admission
School type
Fully selective state school
Funding
State-funded
Day or boarding
Day school
Religion or denomination
GIAS records no applicable religious character.
Published admission number
150September 2027 entry
Academically selected places
150September 2027 entry
Preferences per offer
2.9DfE National Offer Day, September 2026 entry. This is not a pass probability.
Assessment provider
GL Assessment for September 2027 entry. This is the 2027 entry cohort; the provider changes to Future Stories Community Enterprise (FSCE) for September 2028 entry.GL Assessment for September 2027 entry. This is the 2027 entry cohort; the provider changes to Future Stories Community Enterprise (FSCE) for September 2028 entry. is verified for the linked assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment provider.

Selection route

  • Gloucestershire Grammar Schools 11 Plus

    Formal consortium · GL Assessment for September 2027 entry. This is the 2027 entry cohort; the provider changes to Future Stories Community Enterprise (FSCE) for September 2028 entry. · A shared two-paper multiple-choice test. One paper assesses verbal skills including comprehension, vocabulary and verbal reasoning; the other assesses non-verbal reasoning and mathematics. The grammar schools manage registration and test administration.

    Each grammar school the family opted to share results with sends its own confirmation of whether the child achieved that school’s qualifying score. Qualification alone is not an offer; families must also list schools on the home local-authority application.

    Provider change for September 2028 entry

    For September 2028 entry, Gloucestershire's seven grammar schools move from GL Assessment to FSCE. Pate's says registration opens at noon on 8 February 2027 and closes at noon on 19 March 2027, with the test on 3 July 2027 in Year 5. Its 2028 guidance describes three papers covering English, maths and primary foundation subjects. These dates and papers are for the next cohort, not the 2026 GL test for September 2027 entry.

    Pate's 2028-entry Gloucestershire test guidance
    Check the official test registration page
Eligibility
Girls in the correct chronological cohort for Year 7 who achieve the qualifying standard in an Admissions Test organised by the school.
Score policy
Two multiple-choice papers covering verbal ability, numerical reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. The Qualifying Standard is determined by the School's Admissions Committee from that year's standardised scores and is not a fixed pass mark.
Oversubscription
Applicants who meet the qualifying standard are prioritised in this order: looked-after or previously looked-after girls; girls from families eligible for Pupil Premium or Service Pupil Premium at the time of the test; then all other applicants by entrance-test rank. The 2027 policy states no GL1-GL4 postcode priority. Equal qualifying scores are ranked by straight-line distance; equal scores and distances are resolved by supervised random allocation.
Registration
GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Who gets priority

Use the admissions summary and current policy to check any priority-area rules. This page does not provide an address eligibility check for this school.

Read the admissions policy

Applications and offers over time

DfE preferences and offers at National Offer Day. A child can appear at several schools or through more than one recorded route at the same school. These figures describe past demand and do not predict an offer.

Stroud High School: National Offer Day preferences and offers
2026Preferences424Offers149Preferences per offer2.85
2025Preferences404Offers146Preferences per offer2.77
2024Preferences397Offers146Preferences per offer2.72
2023Preferences362Offers149Preferences per offer2.43
2022Preferences356Offers148Preferences per offer2.41
2021Preferences497Offers149Preferences per offer3.34
2020Preferences365Offers150Preferences per offer2.43
2019Preferences345Offers146Preferences per offer2.36
2018Preferences353Offers150Preferences per offer2.35
2017Preferences321Offers145Preferences per offer2.21
2016Preferences298Offers148Preferences per offer2.01
2015Preferences286Offers120Preferences per offer2.38
2014Preferences310Offers120Preferences per offer2.58

School identifiers are joined across documented predecessor links. Missing and suppressed values stay unpublished. Latest dataset: September 2026 entry. Checked 2026-10-24.

What the assessment covers

These subjects are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.

  • Verbal skills (comprehension, vocabulary and verbal reasoning)
  • Non-verbal reasoning
  • Mathematics
  1. 1. Stroud High School Admissions Test

    The school-organised test consists of two multiple-choice papers covering verbal ability, numerical reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. The main test is held in September, with the exact date announced separately. The policy describes a medical test for illness or exceptional circumstances, a late test normally in February, and an appeals test normally in April; those later tests have separate conditions.

Key dates

Registration opens
GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.
Registration deadline
GIAS does not publish the current registration deadline.
Test date
GIAS does not publish the current test dates.
Published CAF date
GIAS does not publish the current CAF deadline.
National Offer Day
GIAS does not publish the current offer date.

Shared assessment-route dates

Dates for September 2027 entry

Assessment dates
Registration opensRouteGloucestershire Grammar Schools 11 PlusWhen18 May 2026
Registration closesRouteGloucestershire Grammar Schools 11 PlusWhen26 June 2026
Entrance testRouteGloucestershire Grammar Schools 11 PlusWhen12 September 2026
Secondary application closesRouteGloucestershire Grammar Schools 11 PlusWhen31 October 2026

Shared assessment dates are in the 11+ dates calendar. To decide where this school goes on the application form, use the school application order planner.

Fees

Stroud High School is a state-funded school, so there is no tuition fee for a Year 7 place. Uniform and optional activities can have separate costs. Check the Department for Education school record and the GOV.UK guide to state schools for the funding rule. The school can confirm current uniform and activity costs.

Inspection context

Inspection outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.

Practise for this school's test

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Sample papers

Official papers for this school's test, from the school itself or the body that runs the test, linked from the publisher's own site. Smart Cub Learning does not host copies.

Sample papers for this school
English familiarisation bookletPublished byGL Assessment · Familiarisation bookletSubjectsEnglishAnswersno answers publishedOpens onopens on cdn.shopify.com
Maths familiarisation bookletPublished byGL Assessment · Familiarisation bookletSubjectsMathsAnswersno answers publishedOpens onopens on cdn.shopify.com
Non-verbal reasoning and maths familiarisation bookletPublished byGL Assessment · Familiarisation bookletSubjectsMaths, Non-verbal reasoningAnswersno answers publishedOpens onopens on cdn.shopify.com
Non-verbal reasoning familiarisation bookletPublished byGL Assessment · Familiarisation bookletSubjectsNon-verbal reasoningAnswersno answers publishedOpens onopens on cdn.shopify.com
Verbal reasoning familiarisation bookletPublished byGL Assessment · Familiarisation bookletSubjectsVerbal reasoningAnswersno answers publishedOpens onopens on cdn.shopify.com
Verbal skills familiarisation bookletPublished byGL Assessment · Familiarisation bookletSubjectsEnglish, Verbal reasoningAnswersno answers publishedOpens onopens on cdn.shopify.com

Questions families ask

Which 11+ test does Stroud High School use?

Stroud High School uses Gloucestershire Grammar Schools 11 Plus for September 2027 entry. The route names GL Assessment for September 2027 entry. This is the 2027 entry cohort; the provider changes to Future Stories Community Enterprise (FSCE) for September 2028 entry. as the assessment provider.

How many Year 7 places does Stroud High School have?

Stroud High School's published admission number is 150 for September 2027 entry.

Who is eligible to apply to Stroud High School?

Girls in the correct chronological cohort for Year 7 who achieve the qualifying standard in an Admissions Test organised by the school.

Are Stroud High School's 2027/28 oversubscription criteria published?

Applicants who meet the qualifying standard are prioritised in this order: looked-after or previously looked-after girls; girls from families eligible for Pupil Premium or Service Pupil Premium at the time of the test; then all other applicants by entrance-test rank. The 2027 policy states no GL1-GL4 postcode priority. Equal qualifying scores are ranked by straight-line distance; equal scores and distances are resolved by supervised random allocation.

What subjects should a child prepare for Stroud High School?

The verified school or linked route evidence covers Verbal skills (comprehension, vocabulary and verbal reasoning), Non-verbal reasoning, and Mathematics.

How current is the information for Stroud High School?

Smart Cub Learning reviewed 8 attached evidence sources by 2026-10-24. Unknown facts stay labelled and should be checked again before applying.

Sources and review record

  1. Open state-funded school fields CSV

    Department for Education. Accessed 21 October 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 20 October 2026.

  2. Open state-funded school fields CSV, 24 October 2026

    Department for Education. Accessed 24 October 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 24 October 2026.

  3. Grammar schools: entrance test information for September 2027

    Gloucestershire County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

  4. ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract

    Office for National Statistics. Accessed 21 October 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026; candidate-school postcodes queried 21 October 2026.

  5. Stroud High School Admissions Policy 2027 Entry

    Stroud High School. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

  6. Grammar schools

    Gloucestershire County Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

  7. Admissions for September 2027

    Ribston Hall High School. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

  8. Admissions for September 2027

    Ribston Hall High School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

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