Matthew Moss High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Rochdale
Matthew Moss Lane, Rochdale, OL11 3LU
60
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
79%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
91.6%
24.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,198
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,200 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
79%
1st preference success rate
215 of 271 families who put it first got an offer
226
Places offered
639
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 271 | 215 | ● 79% |
| 2nd preference | 155 | 10 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 144 | 1 | ● 1% |
| 4th preference | 69 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 639 | 226 | 35% |
1st preference success by year
Rochdale lets families list 4 preferences. 6 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Charlotte Leach-Rogers
- Address
- Matthew Moss Lane, Marland, Rochdale, OL11 3LU
- Phone
- 01706632910
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Ward / constituency
- Castleton · Heywood and Middleton North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 147369
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 44% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 45% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: WATERGROVE TRUST
1,198 pupils · 1,200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
25 April 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,273 pupils
Attendance
91.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
24.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 41.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.03 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 37% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 52% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.77 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 34.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 53.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 26% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.37 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 254 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 251 | 11% | 41% | 60% | |
| English Literature | 251 | 9% | 42% | 63% | |
| Mathematics | 250 | 10% | 41% | 61% | |
| Combined Science | 166 | 5% | 23% | 40% | |
| History | 137 | 7% | 25% | 35% | |
| Geography | 100 | 11% | 27% | 40% | |
| Religious Studies | 100 | 14% | 51% | 63% | |
| Art and Design | 84 | 6% | 27% | 48% | |
| Biology | 83 | 18% | 55% | 70% | |
| Physics | 83 | 16% | 48% | 69% | |
| Chemistry | 83 | 13% | 51% | 71% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 72 | 14% | 53% | 67% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Rochdale council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.