Moorside High School

School overview

Moorside High School is a secondary school serving Manchester, Salford, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,140 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 41.8 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.0 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

46% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 64% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Moorside High School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 233 first choices for 204 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.08 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.3%. There are about 18.4 pupils per teacher. Moorside High School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.