Moor Park High School and Sixth Form

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 30 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
119773
Address
Moor Park Avenue, PR1 6DT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
609 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
55.8%
Girls
44.2%
First language not English
24.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.2%
Persistent absence
23.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 41.5%
Pakistani 18.1%
Indian 16.9%
Mixed 7.7%
Other White 3.9%
Other Asian 3.4%
African 2.5%
Other 2.3%
Unclassified 1.5%
Irish 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.28
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.8
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.37
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award19
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE14
Art & DesignGCSE13
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE106
English LiteratureGCSE99
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Moor Park High School and Sixth Form

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
107
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
169
2nd preference
130
3rd preference
107
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
100
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
113
57
56
Year 8
115
63
52
Year 9
112
67
45
Year 10
111
71
40
Year 11
108
69
39
Year 12
24
6
18
Year 13
26
7
19
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
81.7%
85.6%
Further education
33.0%
49.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
15.0%
11.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
41.0%
20.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
5.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
36.0%
62.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
22.9%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
7.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.5%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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