Moorside High School

Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2026

3.967 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026

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Moorside High School is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 February 2024. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.

Moorside High School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Year 7 2026	3.967 mi
Year 7 2025	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2024	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.967 miles away, the 8th longest of 18 Staffordshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further out than in 2025 and 2024, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
For Year 7 in 2026 there were 158 first-choice applications for 164 offers; 154 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
For Year 7 in 2026, 181 of the 265 applications (68%) came from families living outside Staffordshire, and 101 offers went to them.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Cellarhead Road, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 0HP
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–16
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 766 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 22.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 17

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 21 February 2024

Strengths

“Moorside High is an inclusive and welcoming school.”
“Staff know their pupils well and have high ambitions for them.”
“The majority of students behave well in lessons and around the school site.”

To improve

“However, this is not fully consistent.”
“Many parents say that the school has improved, though some parents are not fully supportive of recent changes at the school.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25)	45%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	45.4	46

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Year 7 entry: 158 first-preference applications, 164 offers in total, 154 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby secondary schools

Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.

Endon High School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
Blythe Bridge High School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
The Cheadle Academy 4.6 mi Standards maintained
Painsley Catholic College 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
Westwood College 5.4 mi Requires improvement
Leek High School 6.1 mi Requires improvement
The Orme Academy 6.3 mi Good Last distance published
Clayton Hall Academy 6.7 mi Good