Abbot Beyne School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 834 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4
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Moorside High School
- Pupils on roll
- 766of 781 places
- Free school meals
- 22.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 144
- Ofsted
- Good, 21 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Moorside High School (URN 124399, until 1 April 2021).
What the data says
Moorside High School has no sixth form. Of the 154 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 33% moved to a sixth form college, 45% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
German is unusually popular at GCSE: 72% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 33% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.4 against 46.1 across England and 43.9 in Staffordshire, with 45% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 Staffordshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Moorside High School | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 154 | 9,264 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 33% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 45% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Moorside High School | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.4 | 43.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 72% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.22 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 21% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.0 | 32.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.6 | 47.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 8% | 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 Literature | 144 | 100% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 69% |
| Mathematics | 144 | 100% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 69% |
| English Language | 144 | 100% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 78% |
| Religious Studies | 139 | 97% | 31% | 12% | 32% | 51% |
| Combined Science | 108 | 75% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 56% |
| German | 104 | 72% | 5% | 11% | 33% | 85% |
| History | 85 | 59% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 64% |
| Geography | 53 | 37% | 41% | 15% | 25% | 57% |
| Biology | 33 | 23% | 23% | 21% | 45% | 97% |
| Chemistry | 32 | 22% | 23% | 22% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 31 | 22% | 23% | 26% | 46% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 31 | 22% | 11% | 3% | 23% | 23% |
| Art and Design | 28 | 19% | 7% | 14% | 24% | 64% |
| Music | 17 | 12% | 5% | 35% | 33% | 94% |
| Physical Education | 16 | 11% | 11% | 31% | 24% | 88% |
| Computer Science | 15 | 10% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 80% |
| Drama | 9 | 6% | 7% | 11% | 27% | 67% |
| Punjabi | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Business Studies | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 137 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 12 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 11 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 6 | — | — |
Where Moorside High School is
Other secondary schools in Staffordshire are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Staffordshire’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Staffordshire
Alleyne's Academy
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.7
Biddulph High School
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
Blessed William Howard Catholic School
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92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.0
Blythe Bridge High School
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80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
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.