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Moorside High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,129Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 144199URN

57 Deans Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 0AP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
1.2 above Salford median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Salford

566 applications for 204 places · 3rd of 14 in Salford
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.1of 90
13th of 15 in Salford
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 5 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • 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. 6 May 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard
  2. 10 March 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
2.8applications per place, Year 7
1.2 above Salford median (1.6) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

566 applications · 204 places offered · 233 named it first

  1. 2026 2.8; Salford median median 1.6
  2. 2025 2.8; Salford median median 1.7
  3. 2024 3.1; Salford median median 1.6
  4. 2023 3.0; Salford median median 1.5
  5. 2022 2.5; Salford median median 1.5
  6. 2021 2.6; Salford median median 1.4
  7. 2020 2.8; Salford median median 1.5
  8. 2019 2.5; Salford median median 1.5
  9. 2018 2.7; Salford median median 1.3; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.7; Salford median median 1.3; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.3; Salford median median 1.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.1; Salford median median 1.4; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.7; Salford median median 1.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Salford median in 8 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Salford median

Dashed bars: as Moorside High School (URN 105977), the previous school.

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 20262045662.82331.14
Sep 20252005562.82571.29
Sep 20242016153.12851.42
Sep 20232086143.03331.60
Sep 20222386052.53251.37
Sep 20212386242.62601.09
Sep 20202095782.82481.19
Sep 20192075192.52511.21
Sep 2018 *2065602.72661.29
Sep 2017 *2055432.72781.36
Sep 2016 *2094712.32721.30
Sep 2015 *2104392.12751.31
Sep 2014 *2093611.71970.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

262 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.113th of 15 in Salford
Grade 5 or above in English and maths38%13th of 15 in Salford
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%
  • This school
  • Salford median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.59
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)26240.138%58%–
2024/2519841.846%64%–
2023/2420442.843%62%−0.59
2022/2320538.434%57%−0.96

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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
144199 · 355/4039
Trust
Consilium Academies
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,050 pupils · 1,129 on roll
Free school meals
29.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 April 2018
Replaced
Moorside High School (URN 105977)
Address
57 Deans Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 0AP
Local authority
Salford

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