The Mosslands School

The Mosslands School is currently rated as requiring improvement in several areas, including the overall quality of education, behavior, personal development, leadership, and sixth form provision. Despite these challenges, pupils generally feel safe and appreciated at the school, benefiting from strong pastoral support and a variety of extracurricular activities. However, academic achievement remains a significant area of concern as many students do not reach their potential, partly due to inconsistent curriculum delivery and attendance issues.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and happy at the school.
• Strong pastoral support and positive relationships between staff and pupils.
• Ambitious curriculum changes are underway to improve learning.
• Teachers demonstrate strong subject knowledge and engage pupils well.
• Broad range of extracurricular activities including STEM and sports.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils do not achieve as well as they should.
• Inconsistent curriculum delivery hinders learning.
• Some pupils have low attendance, impacting their progress.
• Careers information for sixth-form students is not sufficiently comprehensive.
• Evaluation of new initiatives and their impact on achievement is lacking.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Mosslands School attended 88.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 33.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 13.0% of pupils at The Mosslands School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Mosslands School had 14.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.5% of pupils at The Mosslands School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 The Mosslands School received £9,386 and spent £9,926 for each of its 851 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £566,000 (-£665 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is The Mosslands School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Mosslands School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was The Mosslands School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Mosslands School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does The Mosslands School have?

The Mosslands School has 848 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Mosslands School cover?

The Mosslands School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are The Mosslands School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 34.5, and 16% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Mosslands School?

The Mosslands School is at Mosslands Drive, Wallasey, Merseyside, CH45 8PJ.