Moorside High School, Stoke-on-Trent

At age 16 (%)

No data for age 18

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

Want to chat? The Schools Guide's AI consultant is here to help

Moorside High School

Cellarhead Road, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent ST9 0HP

https://www.moorside.staffs.sch.uk/

Moorside High School is a non-selective academy. It has about 770 boys and girls aged between 11 and 16. In February 2024 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted. The present school opened in 2021.

This school is a member of Potteries Educational Trust. (Biddulph High School is also a member.)

Particular strengths include Environment, Destinations, Progress and Attainment. Relative weaknesses include Representation, Finances, Admissions and Disadvantaged pupils.

The school's overall score (out of 100) is given below. Coloured segments show the contributions of each indicator, explained in more detail below. Hover over the segments for details. Personalise the score by clicking on the button to set your own priorities.

Choose what matters most to you with the menus below. By default, all indicators are set to ‘Relevant’ and are weighted equally in calculating overall scores for each school. Choose ‘Important’ for higher priorities and ‘Unimportant’ or ‘Ignore’ for lower priorities.

Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore

Other schools nearby

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Hover over the circles to see school names; click on them to go the corresponding school pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Distance (miles)	Score	Name
2.3		Discovery Academy
3.3		Birches Head Academy
3.7		Endon High School
3.9		The Excel Academy
4.0		Ormiston Meridian Academy
4.1		Blythe Bridge High School
4.2		St Thomas More Catholic Academy
4.3		St Peter's CofE Academy
4.7		The Cheadle Academy
4.7		Painsley Catholic College
5.3		Haywood Academy
5.3		Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Click on school names to go their corresponding pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Environment: Excellent. Air pollution, traffic accidents and crime are all very low.

Destinations: Above average. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is quite high.

Progress: About average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Attainment: About average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Attendance: About average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both roughly average.

Disadvantaged pupils: Below average. Progress up to age 16 is below average. Destinations at 16 are about average. There is no information for students aged 16-18.

Admissions: Below average. The occupancy rate is roughly average and the offer rate is quite low. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Finances: Below average. However, the school budget has been roughly in balance

Representation: Out of balance. The socio-economic mix is slightly out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is out of balance with the local community.

Sixth form: There is no sixth form at this school.

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

Popular GCSE subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

No A-level data

If you are from this school and have a comment or correction then please write to us: [email protected]