The Mosley Academy

The Mosley Academy is a happy, inclusive primary school where warm relationships help pupils feel safe and secure. Inspectors found the school performing well overall, with high ambition for pupils and a well-designed curriculum that enables most to learn important knowledge and vocabulary. Pupils behave well, enjoy school and benefit from a wide range of activities, including clubs they help design. Leadership is a notable strength: senior leaders are making necessary curriculum changes, subject leaders are knowledgeable, and trust and governor support is effective. Early reading support is strong, attendance systems are highly effective, and pupils’ wider development is prioritised. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was the school’s first routine inspection since May 2014, following its previous exemption, and it is part of the John Taylor Multi-Academy Trust. Since September 2024, schools are no longer awarded an overall effectiveness grade. Inspectors judged each key area as good. The main areas for improvement concern consistency. Teaching is not always adapted well enough for some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, which can limit their independence and success. In writing, misconceptions and gaps in spelling, punctuation and handwriting are not always identified and addressed, so some errors become embedded and pupils do not achieve as well as they could.

Strengths

• Warm, caring relationships help pupils feel safe, happy and secure
• High ambition and a well-designed curriculum enable most pupils to achieve well
• An inclusive culture teaches pupils to embrace difference and respect others
• Pupils behave well and enjoy socialising and creative play at breaktimes
• A wide range of activities and pupil-designed clubs develop talents and interests
• Inspirational senior leaders are making effective curriculum changes
• Trust and governors support leaders’ ambition effectively
• Knowledgeable subject leaders match improvement actions well to priorities
• Early reading support is strong, with effective catch-up for pupils who fall behind
• Curriculum changes help pupils know and remember more, including in art and mathematics
• Attendance systems are highly effective, with excellent support for persistently absent pupils
• Early years staff build positive relationships and quickly support children’s communication needs
• Pupils’ wider development is prioritised through leadership roles, mental health and safety education
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching is not consistently adapted to meet some pupils’ SEND needs, limiting their independence
• Misconceptions and gaps in pupils’ writing are not always identified and addressed
• Errors in spelling, punctuation and handwriting sometimes become embedded
• Some pupils are not achieving the best possible outcomes because teaching is not consistently adapted to their needs

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 Mosley Academy attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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, 0.9% of pupils at The Mosley Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No 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 Mosley Academy had 23.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 13.7% of pupils at The Mosley Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 The Mosley Academy received £6,265 and spent £6,042 for each of its 215 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £288,000 (£1,340 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of John Taylor Mat, income was £7,398 and spending £7,462 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Burton-On-Trent · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

The Mosley Academy is part of John Taylor Mat, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Shobnall Primary & Nursery School Burton-On-Trent
• Branston Locks Primary and Nursery School Burton-On-Trent
• John Taylor Free School Burton-On-Trent
• All Saints CofE (C) Primary School Burton-On-Trent
• Rykneld Primary School Burton-On-Trent
• Paulet High School Burton-On-Trent
• Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School Burton-On-Trent
• John Taylor High School Burton-On-Trent
• Thomas Russell Infants School Burton-On-Trent
• Walton On Trent CofE Primary and Nursery School Swadlincote

What is The Mosley Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Mosley Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was The Mosley Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

The Mosley Academy was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does The Mosley Academy have?

The Mosley Academy has 212 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Mosley Academy cover?

The Mosley Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are The Mosley Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Mosley Academy?

The Mosley Academy is at Main Road, Anslow, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 9QD.