Academy converter · Staffordshire

Moorside High School

11–16Ages
766Pupils
SecondaryPhase
148508URN

Cellarhead Road, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 0HP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.6per place

0.2 below Staffordshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

265 applications for 164 places · 40th of 48 in Staffordshire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

43.5of 90

Staffordshire 43.5 England 46.0

27th of 56 in Staffordshire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		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

1.6applications per place, Year 7

0.2 below Staffordshire median (1.8) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

265 applications · 164 places offered · 158 named it first

2026 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2025 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2024 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2023 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2022 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2021 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
2020 2.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2019 2.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
2018 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2017 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
2016 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2015 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
2014 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 4 of 5 years.

This school
Staffordshire median

Dashed bars: as Moorside High School (URN 124399), 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	164	265	1.6	158	0.96
Sep 2025	156	302	1.9	179	1.15
Sep 2024	158	341	2.2	172	1.09
Sep 2023	156	312	2.0	172	1.10
Sep 2022	165	311	1.9	177	1.07
Sep 2021 *	166	357	2.2	208	1.25
Sep 2020 *	164	419	2.6	219	1.34
Sep 2019 *	142	392	2.8	213	1.50
Sep 2018 *	168	337	2.0	205	1.22
Sep 2017 *	152	296	2.0	184	1.21
Sep 2016 *	173	335	1.9	188	1.09
Sep 2015 *	168	319	1.9	197	1.17
Sep 2014 *	152	282	1.9	165	1.09

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

146 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.527th of 56 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 43.5 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths42%19th of 56 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 38% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%

Staffordshire 60% England 66%

This school
Staffordshire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.20

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	146	43.5	42%	59%	–
2024/25	144	45.4	45%	69%	–
2023/24	139	41.7	37%	58%	−0.20
2022/23	154	45.2	43%	63%	+0.08

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

Moorside High SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

1.6applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
Discovery Academy
3.8 km · Stoke-on-Trent

Requires improvement2024

1.4applications per place 33.5Attainment 8
Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams
5.3 km · Stoke-on-Trent

Not yet inspected

2.1applications per place
Birches Head Academy
5.6 km · Stoke-on-Trent

Serious weaknesses 2026

1.3applications per place 33.0Attainment 8
Endon High School
6.0 km · Staffordshire

Good2023

2.0applications per place 53.0Attainment 8
The Excel Academy
6.1 km · Stoke-on-Trent

2026

2.3applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
Blythe Bridge High School
6.6 km · Staffordshire

2026

1.6applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
St Thomas More Catholic Academy
6.7 km · Stoke-on-Trent

Remains Good2022

2.2applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
Ormiston Meridian Academy
7.0 km · Stoke-on-Trent

2026

1.7applications per place 40.6Attainment 8

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: 148508 · 860/4072
Trust: Potteries Educational Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 781 pupils · 766 on roll
Free school meals: 22.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 April 2021
Replaced: Moorside High School (URN 124399)
Address: Cellarhead Road, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 0HP
Local authority: Staffordshire · Staffordshire Moorlands

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