# Stroud High School

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**Stroud High School** (SHS) is a [grammar school](/source/Grammar_school) with [academy status](/source/Academy_(English_school)) for girls aged 11 to 18, in [Stroud](/source/Stroud,_Gloucestershire), [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire), England. Since 2021, it has been a [European Parliament Ambassador School](/source/European_Parliament_Ambassador_School_programme).[1]

## History

Stroud High School was founded in 1904 as the Girls' Endowed School by a group of local citizens led by solicitor Mr. A. J. Morton Ball, who decided that the girls of Stroud and the surrounding areas deserved a secondary school to match [Marling School](/source/Marling_School) for boys that had been founded some years earlier.[2] As a suitable building was not available, the school was initially housed in rooms in the School of Science and Art in Lansdown, Stroud. Miss D.M. Beale, niece of [Dorothea Beale](/source/Dorothea_Beale) the founder of [St Hilda's College, Oxford](/source/St_Hilda's_College,_Oxford) and long-term headmistress of [Cheltenham Ladies' College](/source/Cheltenham_Ladies'_College) was appointed as the first headmistress.[3]

In 1912, D.M. Beale, her staff and seventy girls moved into a new purpose built building in the Queen Anne style which is still part of the current school complex.[3]

In 1939, a school hall was added.

In early 1940, girls from [Edgbaston High School](/source/Edgbaston_High_School) in [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham) were evacuated to Stroud High School, returning only when suitable air raid facilities had been constructed at EHS.[4]

In 1964, the Stroud Secondary Technical School for Girls merged with Stroud High School.[5]

In 1988, the school became a [grant-maintained school](/source/Grant-maintained_school) and in 1998 a [foundation school](/source/Foundation_school).[6]

In 2003, the school became a Specialist School for Science and Mathematics.[7]

In 2008, Tim Withers was appointed as its first male head in over 100 years.

In 2009, the school had a second specialism in Modern Foreign Languages.

In 2010, Stroud High School, operating through the [Afri Twin](/source/Afri_Twin) organisation, twinned with [Rustenburg School for Girls](/source/Rustenburg_School_for_Girls) and [Mfuleni](/source/Mfuleni) High School, in the greater [Cape Town](/source/Cape_Town) area of [Western Cape Province](/source/Western_Cape_Province), South Africa.[8]

In 2018, the school opened their new £1 million grant funded refurbished/rebuilt science block with two new classrooms.[9]

In 2019 the school opened up places for its new co-ed cohort as Stroud High Sixth Form after splitting from [Marling School](/source/Marling_School).[10] German classes are still shared and the sixth forms share the Sixth Form Block.

## Academic standards

Stroud High School has consistently achieved a GCSE Level 2 threshold (the equivalent of 5+A*-C) of 100%.[11] The Ofsted Report, which graded the school as 'Outstanding' was compiled in December 2010.[12] An inspection in 2013 revealed there were then "Areas for improvement".[13]

## Academy status

In February 2011, Stroud High School began a consultation process with stakeholders, principally parents, staff and students which it stated might lead to the school converting to an [Academy](/source/Academy_(English_school)) later in the year.[14] Stroud High School then became an [Academy](/source/Academy_(English_school)) on 1 July 2011, a month before its partner school, [Marling School](/source/Marling_School).

## Sixth form education

Students are able to continue their education beyond the age of sixteen in the school's co-educational Sixth Form which was operated jointly with Marling School until 2019, when they decided to split into Stroud High sixth form[15] and Marling sixth form[16] respectively. The two schools still share a number of facilities on their adjoining sites. The joint Sixth Form block was extended[17] to double the size of the accommodation and to include a new one hundred and sixty seat Lecture Theatre.

## Notable former pupils

See also:

- [Anna Corderoy](/source/Anna_Corderoy) - Olympic Coxswain [18]
- [Tina May](/source/Tina_May) - jazz musician and vocalist[19]
- [Emma McClarkin](/source/Emma_McClarkin) - politician and youngest British [MEP](/source/Member_of_the_European_Parliament)[20]
- [Margaret Weston](/source/Margaret_Weston) - Director, the [Science Museum](/source/Science_Museum_(London)), London (1973–1986)[21]

## References

1. Wood, Sarah (30 November 2022). ["Stroud school recognised by European school programme"](https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/skillsjobsapprenticeships/stroud-high-school-recognised-by-european-school-programme-epas). *Gloucestershire Business News*. Retrieved 19 March 2025.

1. Harrison, Susan & Maddocks, Janet (1994). *High old times*. Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing. p. 4. ISBN 0952232510.

1. ["Stroud: Education Pages 141-144 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 11, Bisley and Longtree Hundreds."](https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol11/pp141-144). Victoria County History. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170613030706/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol11/pp141-144) 13 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

1. [\[2\]](http://www.edgbastonhigh.co.uk/about-ehs) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090819090217/http://www.edgbastonhigh.co.uk/about-ehs) 19 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090819090217/http://www.edgbastonhigh.co.uk/about-ehs) 19 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine Edgbaston High School website

1. Falconer, Ben (8 September 2017). ["70 years ago these ladies walked in to a new school and they have been friends ever since"](https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/70-years-ago-ladies-walked-445390). *Gloucestershire Live*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200829165444/https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/70-years-ago-ladies-walked-445390) 29 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

1. ["30 years of Stroud 1984 to 2014"](https://www.stroudlocalhistorysociety.org.uk/research/30-years/). Stroud Local History Society. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180227002454/http://www.stroudlocalhistorysociety.org.uk/research/30-years/) 27 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

1. ["Stroud High School"](https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/892501). Ofsted. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200829165443/https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/892501) 29 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

1. Hernando, Harriet (4 July 2011). ["African teachers take tips home from Stroud High School"](https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/9119873.african-teachers-take-tips-home-from-stroud-high-school/). *Stroud News and Journal*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200829165446/https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/9119873.african-teachers-take-tips-home-from-stroud-high-school/) 29 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

1. ["New Science block is opened by STEM Ambassador at Stroud High School"](https://www.egcarter.co.uk/news/new-science-block-is-opened-by-stem-ambassador-at-stroud-high-school). Carter. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200829165451/https://www.egcarter.co.uk/news/new-science-block-is-opened-by-stem-ambassador-at-stroud-high-school) 29 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

1. Falconer, Ben (20 February 2018). ["'Acrimony' and 'angst' between two grammar schools over sixth form split - but now it feels like an 'amicable divorce'"](https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/acrimony-angst-between-two-grammar-1239110). *Gloucestershire Live*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200829153709/https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/acrimony-angst-between-two-grammar-1239110) 29 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

1. ["Stroud High School"](https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/stroud-high-school-266001). *Gloucestershire Live*. 20 June 2019. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200829165505/https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/stroud-high-school-266001) 29 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

1. ["Stroud High School"](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/136874). Ofsted. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200829165516/https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/136874) 29 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

1. ["Ofsted 2012–13 subject survey inspection programme"](https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/2181823). Ofsted. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200829165515/https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/2181823) 29 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

1. ["About Us"](https://stroudhigh.gloucs.sch.uk/School-Life/About-Us). Stroud High School. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200109185042/http://stroudhigh.gloucs.sch.uk/School-Life/About-Us) 9 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

1. [\[3\]](https://www.stroudhighsixthform.co.uk) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200829165519/https://www.stroudhighsixthform.co.uk/) 29 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine SHS sixth form website

1. [\[4\]](https://www.marlingsixthform.org) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200513000604/https://www.marlingsixthform.org/) 13 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200513000604/https://www.marlingsixthform.org/) 13 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine Marling sixth form website

1. [\[5\]](http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/search/4563823.Extension_doubles_size_of_Downfield_Sixth_Form) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120225021147/http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/search/4563823.Extension_doubles_size_of_Downfield_Sixth_Form/) 25 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120225021147/http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/search/4563823.Extension_doubles_size_of_Downfield_Sixth_Form/) 25 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Stroud News and Journal Article

1. Sims, Aaron (18 August 2017). ["ROWING: Former Stroud High School student Anna Corderoy selected by Team GB for World Rowing Championships"](https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/sport/15483155.rowing-former-stroud-high-school-student-anna-corderoy-selected-by-team-gb-for-world-rowing-championships/). *Stroud News and Journal*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200829165519/https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/sport/15483155.rowing-former-stroud-high-school-student-anna-corderoy-selected-by-team-gb-for-world-rowing-championships/) 29 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

1. ["Tina May"](https://bandonthewall.org/artist/tina-may/). Band on the Wall. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200829165522/https://bandonthewall.org/artist/tina-may/) 29 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

1. ["Emma McClarkin"](https://www.wellingboroughconservatives.org/emma_mcclarkin_mep). Wellingborough Conservatives. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200102061050/https://www.wellingboroughconservatives.org/emma_mcclarkin_mep) 2 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

1. ["Happy 90th Birthday to Dame Margaret Weston"](http://stroudhigh.gloucs.sch.uk/School-Life/News/Posts/Happy-90th-Birthday-to-Dame-Margaret-Weston). Stroud High School. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200829165537/http://stroudhigh.gloucs.sch.uk/School-Life/News/Posts/Happy-90th-Birthday-to-Dame-Margaret-Weston) 29 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

## External links

- [\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20080329114326/http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupHomepage.asp?GroupID=21455) Marling School Sixth Form & Stroud High School Sixth Form website.

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