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Moor Park High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 599Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 119773URN

Moor Park Avenue, Preston, PR1 6DT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.5per place
1.0 above Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

446 applications for 127 places · 14th of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.2of 90
68th of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 13 January 2026Published 28 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 13 January 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 29 September 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.5applications per place, Year 7
1.0 above Lancashire median (2.5) 1.3 above England median (2.2)

446 applications · 127 places offered · 141 named it first

  1. 2026 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 3.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
  9. 2018 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
  11. 2016 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
  12. 2015 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  13. 2014 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261274463.51411.11
Sep 20251294523.51250.97
Sep 20241074063.81691.58
Sep 20231124103.71461.30
Sep 20221103603.31191.08
Sep 20211123943.51351.21
Sep 20201103833.51481.35
Sep 20191123503.11030.92
Sep 20181043133.01091.05
Sep 20171143192.8820.72
Sep 2016963133.3860.90
Sep 20151152752.41151.00
Sep 20141002792.81411.41

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

113 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.268th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths29%69th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths49%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.19
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)11339.229%49%–
2024/2510839.331%47%–
2023/2410838.935%51%−0.19
2022/2310939.834%51%−0.28

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
119773 · 888/4410
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
650 pupils · 599 on roll
Free school meals
40.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Moor Park Avenue, Preston, PR1 6DT
Local authority
Lancashire · Preston

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources