Welcome to Moorland
“Welcome to our Moorland Family, and to our website.”
This website has been created to give parents and carers a brief synopsis, ‘flavour’ of the offerings and facilities that are available to our pupils.
Please note that various school prospectuses can be viewed within the Moorland website, or alternatively hard copies can be requested via our Admissions Manager, Mr Carl Lightbown.
“Our ethos at Moorland School is to create a caring; nurturing; warm; and family atmosphere, where all children and young adults can achieve their true academic and social potentials in confidence.
This atmosphere is created and supported by selecting students based upon their behaviour, as we believe through our experiences that small class sizes; excellent behaviour, and patient; dedicated and caring teachers and support staff, combined with parental support creates the perfect partnership and recipe for success”
Moorland School was established as a coeducational day and boarding school nearly 100 years ago, and has been considered as one of the leading schools within the UK, and our academic results both at GCSE; BTEC and at A-Level, places Moorland School within the top 1% of all British academic institutions, 100% A* to B at A-Level in 2016. Placing it at the top of the league table.
Moorland Boarding School is a highly competitive and commercially realistic organisation, where pupils are taught traditionally to become decent; hardworking; respectful; pleasant and caring individuals, in preparation for the demands of adult and working lives. This is then enforced through full time boarding facilities.
Mr Harrison was himself once a pupil at Moorland School, and the vast majority of our parents have his direct mobile phone number; and he can be contacted outside of school hours; weekends and during school closures, and many parents feel comfortable calling him Jonathan.
“My job is very simple, I am the extension of your family, the caretaker. My responsibility is to ensure that your children are happy; confident; well educated and socially prepared for the demands of adult life. I work in partnership with you to achieve the very best outcomes for our children, and my team and I work tirelessly hard to meet parental expectations, thus ensuring confidences and relationships are maintained.”
Headteacher
jharrison@moorlandschool.co.uk
Life at Moorland International Boarding School
TOURS & TASTER WEEKS
Would you like to see for yourselves? Why not book a school tour or try out one of our taster weeks to get to really know us.
The Moorland International Academies
Our Leadership Team
We have an extremely qualified set of teachers in our Senior Leadership Team, which meet weekly and are jointly responsible for the entire operational leadership and management of Moorland School, and the members of this exceptionally well qualified and experienced team represent all regulatory areas of the business.
The Senior Leadership Team is led by the Head Teacher, Mr Jonathan Harrison. The other members of the SLT and their areas of responsibility are as follows:

Jonathan Harrison
Headteacher
& Proprietor

Hayley Mosscrop
Office & Boarding Manager - DSP

Lou Harrison
Assistant
Headteacher

Caisha Tyler
Communications Manager

Kristy Jacks
Head of
Juniors

Deborah Frost
Assistant Headteacher
DSL

Sarah Booth
SENDCo

Carl Lightbown
Admissions Manager

Labor Omnia Vincit – Work Conquers All
Moorland News

Our Location
Moorland School is located on the edge of the historic town of Clitheroe, best known for its 12th century Norman Castle Keep. It is within easy reach of Dunsop Bridge, officially declared the centre of the British Isles; the Forest of Bowland, offering some of the finest walking in the North West; and Pendle Hill, the areas most evocative landmark with its history of Lancashire witches.
In Clitheroe itself you will find a special selection of independent food stores, designer boutiques, wine merchants and other attractive shops as well as a contemporary craft gallery and museum.