a consultation process with stakeholders, principally parents, staff and students which it stated might lead to the school converting to an Academy later in the year. Stroud High School then became an Academy on 1 July 2011, a month before its partner school, 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 and Marling sixth form respectively. The two schools still share a number of facilities on their adjoining sites. The joint Sixth Form block was extended to double the size of the accommodation and to include a new one hundred and sixty seat Lecture Theatre. Students from other educational establishments may also join the Sixth Form provided they have achieved 5 or more grade 6s. Notable former pupils Anna Corderoy - Olympic Coxswain Tina May - jazz musician and vocalist Emma McClarkin - politician and youngest British MEP Dame Margaret Weston - Director, the Science Museum, London (1973–1986) References External links Marling School Sixth Form & Stroud High School Sixth Form website. Stroud Grammar schools in Gloucestershire Girls' schools in Gloucestershire Educational institutions established in 1904 1904 establishments in England Academies in Gloucestershire