Secondary
Moor Park High School and Sixth Form
Moor Park Avenue, Preston, PR1 6DT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 599 of 636 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.7
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 68.9
- Pupils per adult
- 8.8
- Pupils
- 609
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
September 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
April 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
31%
14 points below the Preston average (45% across 22 schools)
39.3
7.8 below the Preston average (47.1 across 22 schools)
20th of 22 by our score, among the secondary schools in Preston we can score - 27 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.36 |
| Entered the EBacc | 27% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% |
| A level average points per entry | 30.86 |
| A level students | 18 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36% |
| 22/23 | 34% |
| 23/24 | 35% |
| 24/25 | 31% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 22.6 |
| 22/23 | 24.8 |
| 23/24 | 18.3 |
| 24/25 | 30.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.16 |
| 22/23 | -0.28 |
| 23/24 | -0.19 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.9 |
| 22/23 | 39.8 |
| 23/24 | 38.9 |
| 24/25 | 39.3 |
Moor Park Avenue, Preston, PR1 6DT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Uzma Ishtiaq
- Address
- Moor Park Avenue, Preston, PR1 6DT
- Telephone
- 01772795428