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
24.7%
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 %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and 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
Music Studies (General)Technical Award6
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award25
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
Speech & DramaTechnical Award12
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE16
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE22
Business Studies:SingleGCSE37
ChemistryGCSE22
Year 2022-2023

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
85.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
10.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
46.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
41.0%
64.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
22.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
6.0%
16.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
12.0%
2.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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