Marling School
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Academy converter in Stroud, GL5 4HE, taking ages 11 to 18, boys, 1,082 on roll.
Will an address get in?
In the 2024/25 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Marling School lived 413.0 miles away, according to Gloucestershire. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close on 31 October 2026, with offers on 1 March 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.
The circle is 413.0 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Selective |
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Has a sixth form |
| How full | 1,082 pupils in 1,150 places (94% full) |
| Trust | COTSWOLD BEACON ACADEMY TRUST |
| Local authority | Gloucestershire |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Attainment 8 | 73.9 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | +0.64 |
| 2022/23 | +0.50 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Marling School
| Girls and boys | 7.1% girls, 92.9% boys |
| English as an additional language | 12.3% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 4.1% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where Marling School's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 77.8% |
| Sixth-form college | 13.3% |
| Further education college | 1.9% |
| Apprenticeship | 1.9% |
| Employment | 0.0% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 0.0% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
What it costs to live within reach of Marling School
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 413.0 miles the school admitted from in 2024/25, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is GL4 at £220,000; the dearest, GL12, £395,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| GL4 | Gloucester | 6.6 mi | £220,000 72 sales |
| GL14 | Forest of Dean | 11.7 mi | £250,000 59 sales |
| GL2 | Gloucester | 7.0 mi | £270,000 108 sales |
| GL10 | Stroud | 2.2 mi | £290,000 105 sales |
| GL13 | Stroud | 10.3 mi | £300,000 84 sales |
| GL11 | Stroud | 6.5 mi | £325,000 98 sales |
| GL3 | Tewkesbury | 8.5 mi | £337,500 22 sales |
| GL5 | Stroud | 0.8 mi | £355,000 70 sales |
| GL6 | Stroud | 1.9 mi | £360,000 53 sales |
| GL8 | Cotswold | 7.6 mi | £375,000 101 sales |
| GL12 | South Gloucestershire | 10.7 mi | £395,000 56 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
The fee-paying alternative
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Checking the house as well as the school
The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for Marling School?
Marling School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2024/25 lived 413.0 miles away, per Gloucestershire.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Marling School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 413.0 miles was enough in 2024/25. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Marling School guarantee a place?
No. This is a selective school, so admission turns on the entrance assessment before distance is considered at all. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
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Admission distance published by Gloucestershire. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.