Moor Park High School and Sixth Form
Moor Park Avenue, Preston, PR1 6DT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Ms Uzma Ishtiaq
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Preston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 636
- Pupils on roll
- 599
- URN
- 119773
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01772795428
About this school
Moor Park High School and Sixth Form is a foundation secondary school in Preston. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 599 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 109 | 108 | 108 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.8 | 38.9 | 39.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.28 -0.55 to 0.00 | -0.19 -0.48 to +0.10 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 35.2% | 30.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% | 50.9% | 47.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 23% | 20.4% | 26.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Moor Park High School and Sixth Form has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39.8 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.9 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.3 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 595 |
| 2023/24 | 609 |
| 2024/25 | 603 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Moor Park High School and Sixth Form compares
Moor Park High School and Sixth Form ranked 63rd of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 36% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.3 | 7.3% | 46.8% | 599 | — |
| Preston Muslim Girls High School | 56.2 | 4.9% | 23.5% | 607 | 0.4 miles |
| Eden Boys' School, Preston | 49.8 | 4.3% | 26.1% | 615 | 0.8 miles |
| Archbishop Temple Church of England High School | 55.4 | 6.6% | 12.3% | 891 | 0.9 miles |
| Corpus Christi Catholic High School | 50.2 | 4.3% | 29.7% | 813 | 1.2 miles |
| Christ The King Catholic High School | 35.9 | 9.2% | 46.4% | 446 | 1.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report13 January 2026
- 29 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.79%
- English as an additional language
- 22.9%
- Overall absence
- 7.31%
- Persistent absence
- 16.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Preston Muslim Girls High School0.4 miles
Secondary · Preston
-
Eden Boys' School, Preston0.8 miles
Secondary · Preston
-
Archbishop Temple Church of England High School0.9 miles
Secondary · Preston
-
Corpus Christi Catholic High School1.2 miles
Secondary · Preston
-
Christ The King Catholic High School1.4 miles
Secondary · Preston
Other schools in Preston
Moor Park High School and Sixth Form ranks 20th of the 22 ranked secondary schools in Preston.
- All Hallows Catholic High School Secondary
- Archbishop Temple Church of England High School Secondary
- Ashton Community Science College Secondary
- Broughton High School Secondary
- Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School Secondary
- Carr Hill High School Secondary
- Christ The King Catholic High School Secondary
- Corpus Christi Catholic High School Secondary
- Eden Boys' School, Preston Secondary
- Fulwood Academy Secondary
- Garstang Community Academy Secondary
- Hutton Church of England Grammar School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Moor Park High School and Sixth Form teach?
- Moor Park High School and Sixth Form teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Preston.
- Who is the headteacher of Moor Park High School and Sixth Form?
- The headteacher of Moor Park High School and Sixth Form is Ms Uzma Ishtiaq, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Moor Park High School and Sixth Form last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Moor Park High School and Sixth Form, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Moor Park High School and Sixth Form?
- Moor Park High School and Sixth Form has 599 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Moor Park High School and Sixth Form full?
- Moor Park High School and Sixth Form has capacity for 636 pupils and 599 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Moor Park High School and Sixth Form a faith school?
- No. Moor Park High School and Sixth Form has no designated religious character.
- Is Moor Park High School and Sixth Form a selective school?
- No. Moor Park High School and Sixth Form is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Moor Park High School and Sixth Form's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.8 in 2022/23 and 39.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Moor Park High School and Sixth Form rank locally?
- Moor Park High School and Sixth Form ranked 63rd of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 36% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Moor Park High School and Sixth Form's absence rate?
- Moor Park High School and Sixth Form's overall absence rate is 7.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Moor Park High School and Sixth Form's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Moor Park High School and Sixth Form's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.