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Moorside High School

Welcome to Moorside High School.

I am delighted to have the opportunity to introduce you to our school and to give you a glimpse of all the amazing things that happen here each and every day.

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  • Year 11 Art and Textiles Mock Exams​​​​​​​

    15 Dec 2025

    As you may be aware, our Year 11 Art and Textiles students did not complete an exam during the mock exam period in November. To support students in completing their portfolios and improving their AO4 marks, we will be conducting an Art and Textiles mock exam day on Wednesday.

  • Y10 Work Experience

    12 Dec 2025

    As part of your learning journey at Moorside High School, you will be taking part in work experience over two days – Thursday 2nd July and Friday 3rd July 2026. This is an exciting opportunity for you to step into the world of work, gain valuable skills, and explore career areas that may interest you in the future.

  • Free Audible Access for Year 9 Students

    10 Dec 2025

    We are delighted to share that our school is taking part in an exciting six-month research project in partnership with Audible and the National Literacy Trust. The project explores how audiobooks can support learning and improve reading ages for Year 9 students.

  • Team Moorside KS4 Subjects Parent Update Term 1

    28 Nov 2025

    We are pleased to share with you our latest Year 11 update. The aim of this newsletter is to provide an overview of the progress our Year 11 students have made so far and outline our plans for the coming weeks.

  • Change to school day

    22 Oct 2025

    Following valuable feedback from both staff and students, and after supportive discussions with our Trust leaders, we will be making a small but significant change to the structure of our school day from Monday, 3rd of November.

  • Letter from the Local Authority

    10 Oct 2025

  • Y7 Welcome to Maths

    02 Oct 2025

    I am writing to introduce myself as the Head of Maths and to provide some information about how we deliver our maths curriculum at Moorside High School.

  • Guidance on When to Keep Your Child Off School Due to Illness

    29 Sep 2025

    As we head into the colder months, we know that coughs, colds, and seasonal bugs become more common. It’s natural to be cautious when your child feels under the weather, and we appreciate the care you take in deciding whether they’re well enough for school.

  • CAT Test Parent Letter Sept 25

    12 Sep 2025

    We hope your child is settling in well at Moorside High School and the transition from primary school has been a positive one. Next week (week commencing 15th September), as with previous year groups at Moorside High School, our Year 7 students will start to sit a small number of baseline tests.

  • NGRT Reading Assessment

    12 Sep 2025

    I hope this letter finds you well. As part of our commitment to improving the literacy skills of our students, we will once again be conducting an NGRT assessment of the reading ages of our Year 8 and 9 students.

  • New Academic Intervention Centre

    12 Sep 2025

    At Moorside, we are always keen to develop our school environment to best meet the needs of our students. With this in mind, we are excited to share that we are relocating our current Mez Room to a new and improved space, which will now be known as the Academic Intervention Centre.

  • Year 9 - Welcome Letter

    10 Sep 2025

    Mr Birchall writes this letter really proud and very excited to be continuing as your child’s Head of Year. Year 8 was an enjoyable and successful year. So many of the 240 students have developed myriad positive habits, which he is certain they will carry forward with them into Year 9.  

  • Year 11 - Welcome Letter

    10 Sep 2025

    As the Summer is now over, and we have started Year 11, Ms Stephan would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support throughout the last academic year and to say that she is more than pleased to continue to be your child’s Head of Year.

  • Year 10 - Welcome Letter

    10 Sep 2025

    As we are moving into a new academic year, Mr Halsall's extremely pleased to remain as your child’s Head of Year and be there to support them throughout their first year of their GCSE courses. His aim is to continue building on the successes the year group have achieved in Year 8 and Year 9 and watch them continue to grow and develop during Year 10.

  • Year 8 - Welcome Letter

    10 Sep 2025

    Mrs Gandy is thrilled to introduce herself as your child’s new Head of Year. Having previously worked as pastoral support for the outgoing Year 11 cohort, she has had the privilege of supporting students through some of the most important and challenging moments of their school journey. That experience has deepened her commitment to nurturing young people both academically and personally. 

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    Our Parents

    “I cannot speak highly enough about the Head of Year 7 at Moorside, Mr Williams. He has made every effort to make sure my daughter has settled into secondary school and has continued to check in with her throughout the school year. The transition from primary school has been smooth thanks to the staff and my daughter feels safe and happy at Moorside.”

    "All of our children have been of differing academic abilities, and have all received the appropriate support necessary for them to achieve their goals on leaving school. They have formed good friendships with their peers and staff members alike, and their well-being has been nurtured in a supportive atmosphere created by enthusiastic staff members. It is within this environment that they have been encouraged, both in their academic studies but also with their sporting events, to always achieve their best.”

    “We have always been delighted with the feedback and responsiveness of the teaching staff at Moorside High School. The communications, letters, videos, etc. have helped us to be involved in our child's learning and understand the importance of the school's values.”

    Our Students

    "We learn lots of new things and new subjects and the teachers make it really fun!"

    Ariana

    "The students and staff are really nice, friendly, and helpful."

    Lexi

    "I like the fact that the school has lots of open spaces and different areas to learn in."

    Alba

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