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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.