The Schools Guru
The Schools GuruYour personal AI advisor on schools and colleges in EnglandLet's talk 💬

Archway School

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Paganhill
 Stroud
 Gloucestershire GL5 4AX
Telephone: 01453 763242

School Type

Phase: Secondary and Sixth Form (ages 11-18)
Type: Community School
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mr James Woollin (since September 2025)
Previous Headteacher: Kieron Smith
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 63.26 / 20.5
Non-teaching Staff*: 42.35
Number of pupils: 1053
Pupils Per Teacher: 16.6
Sex: Mixed (52% boys / 48% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 28.80% (medium)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 20.6%
Local child deprivation rate: 9.9% (4km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 16.7%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 35.1%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 10.5km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Financials

Total Income: £7,033,298*
Income Per Pupil: £6,679
* Income figures are for all schools in the same federation (see list below right)

Location and Administration

Region: South West
Authority: Gloucestershire
Constituency: Stroud
Electoral Ward: Stroud Farmhill and Paganhill
School Number: 9164032

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 14th April 2026 (view record)
Ofsted Rating: Good

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
The Schools Guru: Let's talk 💬
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Callowell Primary School (0.6km) show on map
  2. Marling School (0.7km) show on map
  3. South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (0.7km) show on map
  4. Stroud High School (0.7km) show on map
  5. Cashes Green Primary School (0.7km) show on map
  6. St Matthew's Church of England Primary School (1.1km) show on map
  7. Randwick Church of England Primary School (1.1km) show on map
  8. Foxmoor Primary School (1.2km) show on map
  9. St Rose's Special School (1.2km) show on map
  10. St Martins Centre (St Roses School) (1.2km) show on map
  11. Whiteshill Primary School (1.3km) show on map
  12. The Rosary Catholic Primary School (1.3km) show on map
  13. Rodborough Community Primary School (1.4km) show on map
  14. Uplands Community Primary School (1.9km) show on map
  15. Stroud Valley Community Primary School (2.0km) show on map
  16. Gastrells Community Primary School (2.5km) show on map
  17. Maidenhill School (2.9km) show on map
  18. Sladewood Academy (3.0km) show on map
  19. Wycliffe College (3.0km) show on map
  20. Hopelands Preparatory School (3.2km) show on map
  21. Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided P... (3.2km) show on map
  22. Park Junior School (3.3km) show on map
  23. Stonehouse Park Infant School (3.3km) show on map
  24. King's Stanley CofE Primary School (3.5km) show on map
  25. The Shrubberies School (3.6km) show on map
  26. Thrupp School (3.7km) show on map
  27. Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School (3.8km) show on map
  28. Great Oldbury Primary Academy (4.3km) show on map
  29. Haresfield Church of England Primary School (4.9km) show on map
  30. Brimscombe Church of England (VA) Primary School (4.9km) show on map
  31. The Croft Primary School (4.9km) show on map
  32. Amberley Parochial School (5.0km) show on map
  33. Eastington Primary School (5.3km) show on map
  34. Eastcombe Primary School (5.5km) show on map
  35. William Morris School (5.5km) show on map
  36. Bussage Church of England Primary School (5.6km) show on map
  37. Thomas Keble School (5.7km) show on map
  38. Nailsworth Church of England Primary School (5.7km) show on map
  39. Cotswold Chine School (5.9km) show on map
  40. Beaudesert Park School (5.9km) show on map
  41. Minchinhampton Primary Academy (6.2km) show on map
  42. Brookthorpe Hall School (6.2km) show on map
  43. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (6.5km) show on map
  44. The Acorn School (6.5km) show on map
  45. Hunts Grove Primary Academy (6.5km) show on map
  46. Bisley Blue Coat Church of England Primary School (6.6km) show on map
  47. Chalford Hill Primary School (6.8km) show on map
  48. Ruskin Mill College (7.3km) show on map
  49. Whitminster Endowed Church of England Primary... (7.3km) show on map
  50. Sheepscombe Primary School (7.4km) show on map
  51. Waterwells Primary Academy (7.7km) show on map
  52. Horsley Church of England Primary School (7.8km) show on map
  53. Coaley Church of England Primary Academy (7.8km) show on map
  54. Valley Bridge School (7.8km) show on map
  55. Oakridge Parochial School (8.0km) show on map
  56. Hardwicke Parochial Primary Academy (8.1km) show on map
  57. Kingsway Primary School (8.4km) show on map
  58. Field Court Junior School (8.4km) show on map
  59. Field Court Church of England Infant Academy (8.4km) show on map
  60. Willow Primary Academy (8.4km) show on map
  61. St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth For... (8.5km) show on map
  62. Cranham Church of England Primary School (8.6km) show on map
  63. Uley Church of England Primary School (8.7km) show on map
  64. Harewood Infant School (8.8km) show on map
  65. Harewood Junior School (8.8km) show on map
  66. Holmleigh Park High School (8.8km) show on map
  67. Severn Vale School (8.8km) show on map
  68. Beech Green Primary School (8.9km) show on map
  69. Avening Primary School (9.0km) show on map
  70. Lakefield CofE Primary School (9.1km) show on map
  71. Clearwater Church of England Primary Academy (9.2km) show on map
  72. Grange Primary Academy (9.4km) show on map
  73. The Altus School (9.4km) show on map
  74. Meadowside Primary School (9.5km) show on map
  75. Hillside Primary School (9.7km) show on map
  76. Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary School (9.8km) show on map
  77. Slimbridge Primary School (9.8km) show on map
  78. The Crypt School (9.8km) show on map
  79. Longney Church of England Primary Academy (9.9km) show on map
  80. Cam Hopton Church of England Primary School (10.1km) show on map
  81. Peak Academy (10.2km) show on map
  82. Heron Primary School (10.4km) show on map
  83. Cam Everlands Primary School (10.4km) show on map
  84. Gloucester Academy (10.4km) show on map
  85. Ribston Hall High School (10.5km) show on map
  86. Miserden Church of England Primary School (10.6km) show on map
  87. Calton Primary School (10.6km) show on map
  88. Finlay Community School (10.7km) show on map
  89. Coopers Edge School (10.7km) show on map
  90. Belong School Gloucestershire (10.9km) show on map
  91. Abbeymead Primary School (10.9km) show on map
  92. Rednock School (10.9km) show on map
  93. Linden Primary School (11.0km) show on map
  94. Dursley Church of England Primary Academy (11.1km) show on map
  95. Cam Woodfield Infant School (11.2km) show on map
  96. Cam Woodfield Junior School (11.2km) show on map
  97. Sapperton Church of England Primary School (11.3km) show on map
  98. Hempsted Church of England Primary School (11.3km) show on map
  99. Tredworth Junior School (11.3km) show on map
  100. Tredworth Infant and Nursery Academy (11.3km) show on map
Note: If school locations don't appear on the map then try zooming out

Similar Schools*

  1. Aldridge School - A Science College, Walsall
  2. St Thomas More Catholic High School, North Shields
  3. The Brooksbank School, Elland
  4. Westlands School, Sittingbourne
  5. King Charles I School, Kidderminster
  6. Cardinal Griffin Catholic College, Cannock
  7. Stowupland High School, Stowmarket
  8. Sheringham High School
  9. The Garibaldi School, Mansfield
  10. Bourne Academy
  11. The Whitby High School, Ellesmere Port
  12. Outwood Academy Ripon
  13. Downham Market Academy
  14. The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College,...
  15. St Benedict's Catholic High School, Whitehaven
  16. The King Alfred School an Academy, Highbridge
  17. Sandymoor Ormiston Academy, Runcorn
  18. Holyrood Academy, Chard
  19. Sir Harry Smith Community College, Peterborough
  20. The Manor Academy, Mansfield
  21. Wilsthorpe School, Nottingham
  22. Rivington and Blackrod High School, Bolton
  23. Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road
  24. Titus Salt School, Bradford
  25. Huxlow Academy, Irthlingborough
  26. Chesterfield High School, Liverpool
  27. Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy, Chester le Street
  28. Ashfield Comprehensive School, Nottingham
  29. Exmouth Community College
  30. Stratford Upon Avon School, Stratford-upon-Avon
  31. The Ongar Academy
  32. The Grove School, Market Drayton
  33. Richard Rose Morton Academy, Carlisle
  34. Diss High School
  35. Framwellgate School Durham
  36. Tewkesbury Academy
  37. Mark Rutherford School, Bedford
  38. Thornleigh Salesian College, Bolton
  39. Camborne Science and International Academy
  40. Longsands Academy, St Neots
  41. The Streetly Academy, Sutton Coldfield
  42. The Bromfords School, Wickford
  43. Wath Academy, Rotherham
  44. Bungay High School
  45. Forge Valley School & Sixth Form, Sheffield
  46. Saltash Community School
  47. Norton School, Malton
  48. Lift New Rickstones, Witham
  49. Mildenhall College Academy
  50. Hall Park Academy, Nottingham
  51. Temple Moor High School, Leeds
  52. Leigh Academy Longfield
  53. The Hart School, Rugeley
  54. Writhlington School, Radstock
  55. Kingsbury Green Academy, Calne
  56. Belfairs Academy, Leigh-on-Sea
  57. The Ripley Academy
  58. Treviglas Academy, Newquay
  59. Northallerton School & Sixth Form College
  60. The Priory School, Hitchin
  61. Bodmin College
  62. The Ilfracombe Church of England Academy
  63. Sir Thomas Wharton Academy, Doncaster
  64. Ashton Park School, Bristol
  65. Torpoint Community College
  66. Fulston Manor School, Sittingbourne
  67. Felixstowe School
  68. Ellowes Hall Sports College, Dudley
  69. Budmouth Academy Weymouth
  70. Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, Tenterden
  71. Immanuel College, Bradford
  72. Carlton le Willows Academy, Gedling
  73. The Littlehampton Academy
  74. Robert Barclay Academy, Hoddesdon
  75. Christ The King College, Newport
  76. Leigh Academy Mascalls, Tonbridge
  77. Bramcote College, Nottingham
  78. Ryburn Valley High School, Sowerby Bridge
  79. Tavistock College
  80. Christopher Whitehead Language College, Worcester
  81. Rushden Academy
  82. Highfields School, Matlock
  83. The National CofE Academy, Nottingham
  84. Chelmer Valley High School, Chelmsford
  85. Cramlington Learning Village
  86. The Suthers School, Newark
  87. The Elizabethan Academy, Retford
  88. The Clarendon Academy, Trowbridge
  89. West Lakes Academy, Egremont
  90. Barr Beacon School, Walsall
  91. Altwood Church of England School, Maidenhead
  92. The Whitstable School
  93. Hermitage Academy, Chester le Street
  94. Rossett School, Harrogate
  95. Carlton Academy, Nottingham
  96. Liskeard School and Community College
  97. The Purbeck School, Wareham
  98. St George's Academy, Sleaford
  99. The Chalfonts Community College, Gerrards Cross
  100. The Joseph Whitaker School, Mansfield
* Based on pupil profiles – see About page for details

 | Copyright © 2026 |