Moorside High School
Cellarhead Road, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 0HP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- POTTERIES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Darryn Robinson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 781
- Pupils on roll
- 766
- URN
- 148508
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01782551200
About this school
Moorside High School is a secondary academy in Stoke-on-Trent. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 766 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 154 | 139 | 144 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.2 | 41.7 | 45.4 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.08 -0.14 to +0.31 | -0.20 -0.44 to +0.03 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 36.7% | 45.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 58.3% | 68.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 69% | 60.4% | 72.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
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 Moorside High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.2 | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.7 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.4 | 36.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 768 |
| 2023/24 | 756 |
| 2024/25 | 765 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Moorside High School compares
Moorside High School ranked 22nd of 56 secondary schools in Staffordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 59% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.4 | 6.3% | 21.4% | 766 | — |
| Discovery Academy | 37.4 | 9.3% | 50.7% | 1,435 | 2.4 miles |
| Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams | — | 4.5% | 42.5% | 295 | 3.3 miles |
| Birches Head Academy | 31.3 | 11.9% | 47.2% | 925 | 3.4 miles |
| Endon High School | 54.2 | 7.4% | 12.7% | 700 | 3.7 miles |
| The Excel Academy | 37.5 | 10.7% | 34.8% | 1,184 | 3.8 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.44%
- English as an additional language
- 1.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.34%
- Persistent absence
- 15.66%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Discovery Academy2.4 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams3.3 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Birches Head Academy3.4 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Endon High School3.7 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
The Excel Academy3.8 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
Other schools in Stoke-on-Trent
Moorside High School ranks 8th of the 23 ranked secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Alsager School Secondary
- Biddulph High School Secondary
- Birches Head Academy Secondary
- Blythe Bridge High School Secondary
- Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams Secondary
- Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent Secondary
- Discovery Academy Secondary
- Endon High School Secondary
- Haywood Academy Secondary
- Kidsgrove Secondary School Secondary
- Ormiston Meridian Academy Secondary
- Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Moorside High School teach?
- Moorside High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Who is the headteacher of Moorside High School?
- The headteacher of Moorside High School is Mr Darryn Robinson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Moorside High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Moorside High School, 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 Moorside High School?
- Moorside High School has 766 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Moorside High School full?
- Moorside High School has capacity for 781 pupils and 766 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Moorside High School a faith school?
- No. Moorside High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Moorside High School a selective school?
- No. Moorside High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Moorside High School?
- Moorside High School is part of POTTERIES EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Moorside High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.2 in 2022/23 and 45.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Moorside High School rank locally?
- Moorside High School ranked 22nd of 56 secondary schools in Staffordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 59% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Moorside High School's absence rate?
- Moorside High School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Moorside High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Moorside High School'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 10 July 2026.