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Moorside High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy

Cellarhead Road, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent ST9 0HP · moorside.staffs.sch.uk · 01782 551200

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
45.4
average Attainment 8 score. Staffordshire 43.9, England 46
Last distance offered
3.97 mi
6.38 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Staffordshire Council
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
766
98% of 781 places
Local authority
Staffordshire
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
22.1%
First language not English
1.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Potteries Educational Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 3.97 mi (6.38 km) from the school. Source: Staffordshire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 158 families put the school first and 164 places were offered; 97% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 177 (Places 165)177September 2023: 172 (Places 156)172September 2024: 172 (Places 158)172September 2025: 179 (Places 156)179September 2026: 158 (Places 164)158Places 164
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026164158197%
September 2025Sept 20251561791.1▲81%
September 2024Sept 20241581721.1▲90%
September 2023Sept 20231561721.1▲88%
September 2022Sept 20221651771.1▲86%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 20263.97 mi6.38 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.4, and 45.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Staffordshire it was 43.9, and across England 46.

In 2017/18 the average A level result was grade B- (35.1 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 51.0 (England 46.3)51.02017/18: 50.9 (England 46.5)50.92018/19: 49.0 (England 46.7)49.02021/22: 46.5 (England 48.8)46.52022/23: 45.2 (England 46.3)45.22023/24: 41.7 (England 45.9)41.72024/25: 45.4 (England 46.0)45.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●45.446.0
●45.1%45.4%
▲68.8%64.8%
▲72.2%40.5%
●4.224.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124399)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
Sixth form college26.6−5.4
Further education54+15.4
Other education0.70
Apprenticeship10.1−1
Employment0.7−3.2
Not in a lasting destination7.2−2
Activity not captured0.7−1.9

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/182015/16: 30.8 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.4 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 35.1 (England 32.1)B-England 32.1
2017/18TrendAverage gradeProgress
18 studentsB- (35.1)Average +0.04
18 studentsB- (35.2)Average +0.04
35.7%AAB or better
94.7%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2016/17162C (31.4)-0.09
2015/16185C (30.8)+0.02

Published for the predecessor school (URN 124399)

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/18
Left in 2017/18Since 2016/17
University63+3
Further and other education18+12
Further education6+4
Other education13+9
Apprenticeship6−3
Employment13−5

Published for the predecessor school (URN 124399)

Ofsted

Moorside High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
21 Feb 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2017

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124399), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2017Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124399)

  • Jan 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124399)

What parents said

54% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (128 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
54%
Replies
128
17% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school▼58% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼64% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼44% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼62% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼58% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼45% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼63% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼75% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼83% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼52% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼49% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 94% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼25% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 59% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼28% agreeEngland 67%

based on 29 parents (23%) with SEND

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