Archway School
Paganhill, Stroud, GL5 4AX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr James Woollin
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Stroud
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,215
- Pupils on roll
- 1,053
- URN
- 115723
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01453763242
About this school
Archway School is a community secondary school in Stroud. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,053 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Post-16 provision
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 160 | 154 | 146 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.1 | 40.7 | 43.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.23 -0.45 to 0.00 | -0.36 -0.59 to -0.13 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 37% | 40.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 54.5% | 52.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 46% | 39.6% | 40.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Archway School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Gloucestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.1 | 43.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.7 | 44.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.3 | 44.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 901 |
| 2023/24 | 997 |
| 2024/25 | 1,045 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Archway School compares
Archway School ranked 30th of 39 secondary schools in Gloucestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.3 | 11.7% | 26.8% | 1,053 | — |
| Marling School | 73.9 | 4.7% | 4.5% | 1,082 | 0.4 miles |
| Stroud High School | 76.9 | 5.5% | 3.3% | 1,144 | 0.4 miles |
| Maidenhill School | 45.5 | 10.4% | 24% | 714 | 1.8 miles |
| Thomas Keble School | 47.6 | 8.6% | 16.2% | 718 | 3.5 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre | 44.1 | 8.6% | 24.6% | 1,545 | 5.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report14 April 2026
- 2 March 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.79%
- English as an additional language
- 8.1%
- Overall absence
- 11.7%
- Persistent absence
- 34.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Marling School0.4 miles
Secondary · Stroud
-
Stroud High School0.4 miles
Secondary · Stroud
-
Maidenhill School1.8 miles
Secondary · Stonehouse
-
Thomas Keble School3.5 miles
Secondary · Stroud
-
St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre5.4 miles
Secondary · Gloucester
Other schools in Stroud
- Marling School Secondary
- Stroud High School Secondary
- Thomas Keble School Secondary
- Amberley Parochial School Primary
- Bisley Blue Coat Church of England Primary School Primary
- Brimscombe Church of England (VA) Primary School Primary
- Bussage Church of England Primary School Primary
- Callowell Primary School Primary
- Cashes Green Primary School Primary
- Chalford Hill Primary School Primary
- Eastcombe Primary School Primary
- Foxmoor Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Archway School teach?
- Archway School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Stroud.
- Who is the headteacher of Archway School?
- The headteacher of Archway School is Mr James Woollin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Archway School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Archway School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Archway School?
- Archway School has 1,053 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Archway School full?
- Archway School has capacity for 1,215 pupils and 1,053 on roll (87%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Archway School a faith school?
- No. Archway School has no designated religious character.
- Is Archway School a selective school?
- No. Archway School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Archway School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.1 in 2022/23 and 43.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Archway School rank locally?
- Archway School ranked 30th of 39 secondary schools in Gloucestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Archway School's absence rate?
- Archway School's overall absence rate is 11.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Archway School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Archway School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.