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Marling School: 11+ entry

Marling School, Cainscross Road, Stroud, Glos, GL5 4HE

Facts checked 19 October 2026By ExamKind Editorial TeamSchool website

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We check every fact against the official source on a schedule, and some details on this page are due their next check (last verified 19 October 2026). We'll update the page if anything has changed. How we check facts

Can we apply, and what did it take?

For September 2027 entry

  • How places are decided

    By rank, no pass mark

    The school uses the test scores and its own admission arrangements.

    Checked, source: Stroud High School, checked

  • Year 7 places

    Not published yet

  • Last distance offered

    Not publishedWe have no checked figure for how far offers reached.

No deadlines left for 2027 entry.

How far offers reached

Can we get in?

How far offers reached

Each bar shows how far from Marling School the last child offered a place lived, under the last admission rule the offers reached. Up to five years, on one scale.

Qualifying is not the same as being offered a place.

Reaching the school's standard means your child can be considered. If more children qualify than there are places, the school gives places using its admission rules, in order. The figures below show how far those rules reached in past years. They are history, not a prediction: they change every year with who applies.

Checked, source: Department for Education (GOV.UK), checked
No distance figures publishedWe have not found a checked figure for how far offers reached at Marling School. We add each year's figures after National Offer Day, when the council or school publishes them.

Other published figures

  • 2026 entry: Rank: Rank 538

Source: Gloucestershire County Council, checked

Applications and offers, September 2026 entry (Department for Education)

How many families applied to Marling School and how many places it offered. Applicants per place is all applications divided by offers. Families apply to several schools and not every applicant qualifies, so it is not the chance of a place.

Applications and offers at Marling School, September 2026 entry
FigureDepartment for Education
First-preference applications164First-preference applications, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000009,South West,916,E10000013,Gloucestershire,Secondary,9165401,z,5,Marling School,149,149,109,21,18,431,164,63,137,1.5045871559633028,1.1006711409395973,153,59,Academy converter,No religious character,4.1,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001529,Stroud,137123,7View the official source
All applications (any preference)431All applications (any preference), 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000009,South West,916,E10000013,Gloucestershire,Secondary,9165401,z,5,Marling School,149,149,109,21,18,431,164,63,137,1.5045871559633028,1.1006711409395973,153,59,Academy converter,No religious character,4.1,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001529,Stroud,137123,7View the official source
Places offered on National Offer Day149Places offered on National Offer Day, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000009,South West,916,E10000013,Gloucestershire,Secondary,9165401,z,5,Marling School,149,149,109,21,18,431,164,63,137,1.5045871559633028,1.1006711409395973,153,59,Academy converter,No religious character,4.1,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001529,Stroud,137123,7View the official source
Applicants per place2.9Applicants per place, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000009,South West,916,E10000013,Gloucestershire,Secondary,9165401,z,5,Marling School,149,149,109,21,18,431,164,63,137,1.5045871559633028,1.1006711409395973,153,59,Academy converter,No religious character,4.1,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001529,Stroud,137123,7View the official source

Source: Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics), checked

About these figures

Not checked yet. We have no verified cut-off, rank or allocation figures for Marling.

At a glance

Marling School in brief

tap a value for its source

Pupils
boysPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Gloucestershire grammar schools (G7), hosted by Sir Thomas Rich's School.The source says: Marling School, Cainscross Road, Stroud, Glos, GL5 4HE | (Boys) Tel: 01453 762251View the official source
Who the school admits.
Entrance test
Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Entrance Test (GL Assessment)
The test children sit to be considered. Written by GL Assessment.
School type
Academy converterSchool typeChecked 12 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Get Information about Schools).The source says: 137123,"916","Gloucestershire","5401","Marling School","34","Academy converter"View the official source
How the school is run and funded.

Key dates

Dates for September 2027 entry

For children in Year 6 in 2026/27.

Add to my calendar

Gloucestershire grammar schools (G7), hosted by Sir Thomas Rich's School

  1. Done: Test registration closes

    12pm

  2. Done: Test day

  3. Not published yet: Results

    Not yet published

Notes on these dates

These are the dates shared by all seven schools:

When registering for 2028 entry, remember that parents choose at registration which G7 schools receive the result; a school that is not sent the result cannot rank the childGloucestershire: Scores shared withChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Gloucestershire grammar schools (G7), hosted by Sir Thomas Rich's School.The source says: There is a facility to share your child’s result with more than one Gloucestershire Grammar School. Please be aware that you must share your child’s result with each School at which you are interested in a place.View the official source. Tick Marling if there is any chance you will name it on your application.

How places are given

Admission rules and catchment
Admission rules not checked yetWe add the school's rules from its determined admission policy.
Who qualifies
Must meet the qualifying standard and any other criteria in the school's admissions policy (G7 booklet).Source: Gloucestershire grammar schools (G7), hosted by Sir Thomas Rich's School, checked
Waiting list
local authority (LA)-managed 'Reconsideration'/waiting list (requests by 15 March 2027; outcome normally after 5 April 2027); afterwards qualified unplaced pupils stay on the school's own waiting list for the period in its policy.Source: Gloucestershire grammar schools (G7), hosted by Sir Thomas Rich's School, checked
More detail from our guide

Marling's admission arrangements could not be checked yet. We do not know its oversubscription order, whether it has a catchment or priority area, how it treats pupil premium boys or siblings, or how its waiting list works, so we have not written about any of them. Please read the admissions policy on Marling's website (https://www.marling.school/Marling School: WebsiteChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Gloucestershire grammar schools (G7), hosted by Sir Thomas Rich's School.The source says: Marling School | www.marling.schoolView the official source) or phone the school. Our Gloucestershire guide covers what all seven schools have in common.

The test

Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Entrance Test (GL Assessment)
Test
Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Entrance Test (GL Assessment)
Written by
GL Assessment
Test date, 2027 entry
Saturday 12 September 2026

Boys applying to Marling take the same test as applicants to the other six grammar schools; the county guide explains how it is run.

  • In Year 6 now? Your son sat the GL AssessmentMarling School: Test family by entry year (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Pate's Grammar School.The source says: The test provider for the entrance test for entry into Year 7 in September 2027 will be GL Assessment.View the official source test on Saturday 12 September 2026Gloucestershire 2027 entry: Test dateChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Gloucestershire grammar schools (G7), hosted by Sir Thomas Rich's School.The source says: The Entrance Test will take place on Saturday 12 September 2026.View the official source.
  • In Year 5 now? He will take the new FSCE (Future Stories Community Enterprise)Marling School: Test family by entry year (2028)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Denmark Road High School.The source says: The seven Gloucestershire Grammar Schools (G7) have appointed Future Stories Community Enterprise (FSCE) as their new admissions test provider for entry to Year 7 from 2028 onwards ... Marling School, StroudView the official source test, at the end of this school year, on Saturday 3 July 2027Gloucestershire 2028 entry: Test dateChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Pate's Grammar School (Gloucestershire).The source says: The Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Entrance Test for entry into Year 7 in September 2028 will take place on Saturday 3 July 2027.View the official source. Read what changes for 2028 entry.

We cannot tell you how Marling sets its qualifying standard or whether it ranks boys by score, because those rules are in documents we have not checked. The county-wide principle is that a child must meet the qualifying standard (and any other criteria) of each grammar school to be considered for a place thereGloucestershire: Qualifying ruleChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Gloucestershire grammar schools (G7), hosted by Sir Thomas Rich's School.The source says: For each grammar school you must meet the qualifying standard and any other criteria as stipulated in its admissions policy to be eligible to be considered for a place.View the official source.

How the Gloucestershire test works

Open days

Not published yet

We have no verified open event dates for Marling. The school's website is the place to check.

If you are refused a place

Reviews, appeals and the waiting list

General information, not legal advice.

How appeals work
Written appeal to the Clerk to the Appeals Panel c/o the school; heard by an Independent Appeals Panel (G7 booklet: lodged by mid-April, hearings May-July).Source: Gloucestershire grammar schools (G7), hosted by Sir Thomas Rich's School, checked

General information, not legal advice.

In Gloucestershire, each school administers its own appeals; write to the Clerk to the Appeals Panel at the schoolGloucestershire: RouteChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Gloucestershire grammar schools (G7), hosted by Sir Thomas Rich's School.The source says: Each individual school administers its own appeals and a request to appeal must be made in writing to the Clerk to the Appeals Panel, c/o the school for which you are appealing for a place.View the official source. We have not seen Marling's own appeal arrangements, so confirm the steps with the school after offer day.

Official documents and sources

8 sources, each kept as an archived copy

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