Moat Hall Primary Academy

Moat Hall Primary Academy is a happy, nurturing school where pupils feel safe and well supported. Inspectors found the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision all good. This was the school’s first section 5 inspection; it converted to academy status in 2022 and is part of the Future Generation Trust, and its predecessor had been judged to require improvement. The school is ambitious and has a broad, logically sequenced curriculum, with strong subject knowledge among teachers and effective support for pupils with SEND. Reading and phonics are prioritised and taught well, behaviour is positive, attendance has improved, and pupils benefit from a wide range of personal development opportunities. Safeguarding is effective, and trustees know their duties well. There are nonetheless areas to improve. Work is not always adapted carefully to pupils’ starting points or needs, so some pupils do not deepen their understanding as much as they could. Expectations for handwriting and early letter formation are inconsistent, which hinders some pupils’ fluency as writers. Pupils also lack secure knowledge of different faiths and cultures, limiting their appreciation of modern Britain.

Strengths

• Warm, nurturing relationships and effective pastoral support
• Pupils feel safe and well-being is central
• Ambitious, broad and logically sequenced curriculum
• Teachers have strong subject knowledge and check understanding
• Effective early years provision with skilled teaching
• Strong support for pupils with SEND, including bespoke Garden Room curriculum
• Consistent, effective phonics teaching and prioritised reading
• Positive behaviour and fair application of rules
• Improved attendance and persistent work on absence
• Well-considered personal development and wide range of clubs and trips
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Trustees understand statutory duties and support staff well-being

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum is not consistently adapted to pupils’ starting points and needs
• Handwriting and early letter formation expectations are inconsistent
• Pupils’ knowledge of world religions and cultures is not secure

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 Moat Hall Primary Academy attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.0% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Moat Hall Primary 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 Moat Hall Primary Academy had 22.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 15.9% of pupils at Moat Hall Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% 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 Moat Hall Primary Academy received £6,479 and spent £6,781 for each of its 338 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £249,000 (£736 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Future Generation Trust, income was £5,867 and spending £5,964 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 Walsall · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Moat Hall Primary Academy is part of Future Generation Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Cheslyn Hay Primary Academy Walsall
• St John's Primary Academy Wolverhampton
• St Peter's CofE Primary Academy Cannock
• Gentleshaw Primary Academy Rugeley
• Etching Hill CofE Primary Academy Rugeley
• Willows Primary Academy Lichfield

What is Moat Hall Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Moat Hall Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Moat Hall Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Moat Hall Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Moat Hall Primary Academy have?

Moat Hall Primary Academy has 359 pupils on roll.

What age range does Moat Hall Primary Academy cover?

Moat Hall Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Moat Hall Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Moat Hall Primary Academy?

Moat Hall Primary Academy is at John's Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, West Midlands, WS6 6BX.