Moor Park High School and Sixth Form
Moor Park Avenue, Preston, PR1 6DT
599 pupils · 94% of 636 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 40.5%
Ofsted
Needs attention (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
| Post-16 | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 13 January 2026, published 28 May 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 39.3 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 30.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 47.2% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 26.9% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.11 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 127 | 141 | 446 | 127 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 129 | 125 | 452 | 129 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 107 | 169 | 406 | 107 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 112 | 146 | 410 | 112 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 110 | 119 | 360 | 110 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 112 | 135 | 394 | 112 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 110 | 148 | 383 | 110 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 112 | 103 | 350 | 112 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Preston Muslim Girls High School 0.6 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Eden Boys' School, Preston 1.3 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Archbishop Temple Church of England High School 1.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Corpus Christi Catholic High School 1.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Christ The King Catholic High School 2.3 km · Inadequate (2022) · previous system
- Our Lady's Catholic High School 2.5 km · Good (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.