Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,186 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.9
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Matthew Moss High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,198of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 44.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 254
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 25 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Matthew Moss High School (URN 105839, until 1 September 2019).
What the data says
Matthew Moss High School has no sixth form. Of the 221 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 45% moved to a sixth form college, 41% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 45% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Rochdale and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Matthew Moss High School | Rochdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 221 | 2,791 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | — | 3% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 45% | 32% | 13% |
| — further education college | 41% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | — | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Matthew Moss High School | Rochdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.4 | 40.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 35% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 55% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 26% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.37 | 3.47 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 43% | 40% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.9 | 33.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.8 | 45.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 43% | 26% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 251 | 99% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 60% |
| English Literature | 251 | 99% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 63% |
| Mathematics | 250 | 98% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 61% |
| Combined Science | 166 | 65% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 40% |
| History | 137 | 54% | 41% | 7% | 26% | 35% |
| Geography | 100 | 39% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 40% |
| Religious Studies | 100 | 39% | 31% | 14% | 32% | 63% |
| Chemistry | 83 | 33% | 23% | 13% | 47% | 71% |
| Biology | 83 | 33% | 23% | 18% | 45% | 70% |
| Physics | 83 | 33% | 23% | 16% | 46% | 69% |
| Media Studies | 72 | 28% | 4% | 14% | 20% | 67% |
| Spanish | 64 | 25% | 19% | 19% | 27% | 48% |
| Fine Art | 63 | 25% | 9% | 8% | 28% | 44% |
| Citizenship Studies | 51 | 20% | 3% | 10% | 19% | 63% |
| Computer Science | 33 | 13% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 55% |
| Art and Design | 21 | 8% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 57% |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| French | 1 | 0% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 53 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 51 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 37 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 14 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 10 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.