Moorside High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Feb 22 2024 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
- Staffordshire
- Unique reference
- 148508
- Address
- Cellarhead Road, Werrington, ST9 0HP
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 756 (98% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 47.1%
- Girls
- 52.9%
- First language not English
- 0.9%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 16.9%
- Persistent absence
- 27.2%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 16.7%
White British 93.1%
Mixed 2.9%
African 1.1%
Other White 0.9%
Other 0.8%
Indian 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Other Black 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.08
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.14
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 69%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 43%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 45.2
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.03
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | Technical Award | 9 |
Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 8 |
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 49 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 26 |
Biology | GCSE | 61 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 60 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 13 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 11 |
English Language | GCSE | 139 |
English Literature | GCSE | 138 |
Admissions
Moorside High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 158
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 172
- 2nd preference
- 97
- 3rd preference
- 46
- From another Local Authority
- 260
Offers
- 1st preference
- 154
- 2nd preference
- 4
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 97
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.4 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 161 75 86 |
Year 8 | 159 72 87 |
Year 9 | 154 76 78 |
Year 10 | 142 73 69 |
Year 11 | 140 60 80 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 73.0% 84.7% 85.6% |
Further education | 39.0% 43.8% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 2.0% 37.0% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 32.0% 3.5% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.4% 0.5% |
Entering employment | 7.0% 4.5% 4.1% |
Entering apprenticeships | 11.0% 4.8% 3.2% |
Not in education or employment | 8.0% 5.3% 5.9% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.6% 1.2% |