Moor Park High School and Sixth Form

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 29 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
603 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
57.0%
Girls
43.0%
First language not English
22.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.6%
Persistent absence
15.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 38.5%
Indian 19.4%
Pakistani 17.6%
Mixed 8%
Other White 4.5%
Other Asian 3.6%
African 3.6%
Other 2.7%
Unclassified 1.5%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.2
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.36
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award15
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE13
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE47
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE108
English LiteratureGCSE103
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Moor Park High School and Sixth Form

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
129
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
125
2nd preference
176
3rd preference
150
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
105
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
112
65
47
Year 8
113
56
57
Year 9
112
66
46
Year 10
115
71
44
Year 11
108
69
39
Year 12
20
12
8
Year 13
23
5
18
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
25.0%
48.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
11.0%
11.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
38.0%
20.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
10.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
56.0%
57.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
19.5%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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