Moorside High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Mar 10 2022 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Salford
- Unique reference
- 144199
- Address
- 57 Deans Road, Swinton, M27 0AP
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1160 (98% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 53.8%
- Girls
- 46.2%
- First language not English
- 12.4%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 27.1%
- Persistent absence
- 26.5%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 14.7%
White British 76.3%
Mixed 9.8%
Other White 3.9%
Unclassified 2.3%
Other 2.2%
African 1.7%
Chinese 1.2%
Indian 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Caribbean 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.96
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.49
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 8%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 34%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 38.4
Local authority average 40.6
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.18
Local authority average 3.48
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | Technical Award | 13 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 41 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 18 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 11 |
Biology | GCSE | 48 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 19 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 48 |
Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
Classical Civilisation | GCSE | 15 |
Admissions
Moorside High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 201
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 285
- 2nd preference
- 179
- 3rd preference
- 110
- From another Local Authority
- 7
Offers
- 1st preference
- 188
- 2nd preference
- 8
- 3rd preference
- 4
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 25.9 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 242 121 121 |
Year 8 | 239 128 111 |
Year 9 | 265 141 124 |
Year 10 | 207 115 92 |
Year 11 | 207 119 88 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 83.0% 79.8% 85.6% |
Further education | 62.0% 57.4% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 0.0% 3.0% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 21.0% 18.9% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | SP 0.5% 0.5% |
Entering employment | 5.0% 6.0% 4.1% |
Entering apprenticeships | 7.0% 4.0% 3.2% |
Not in education or employment | 4.0% 9.1% 5.9% |
Destination unknown | SP 1.1% 1.2% |