Moat Farm Junior School

Moat Farm Junior School is a larger-than-average junior school in Oldbury, part of Stour Value Academy Trust and operating a co-headteacher model. In this section 5 inspection, safeguarding standards were met. The school is performing very strongly: attendance and behaviour are exceptional, while achievement, curriculum and teaching, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing are all strong standard. Published outcomes show pupils consistently perform above national averages, and disadvantaged pupils often outperform disadvantaged pupils nationally. Pupils are proud to attend, arrive ready to learn, and behave maturely in a calm, purposeful community. The curriculum is carefully sequenced, teaching is clear, and staff identify and address gaps quickly so pupils, including those with SEND and disadvantaged pupils, access an ambitious curriculum. Strong pastoral care, enrichment, leadership roles and personal development prepare pupils well for the next stage of education and life in modern Britain. The report identifies no significant weaknesses or areas of concern. Leaders’ next step is to continue strengthening and refining their work across all areas so that improvements remain sustainable and have a transformational impact on outcomes for all pupils.

Strengths

• Sustains exceptionally high attendance for all groups, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND.
• Creates a nurturing culture and structured routines that help pupils arrive ready to learn.
• Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary, with calm classrooms and rare incidents resolved promptly.
• Pupils achieve highly and perform well above national figures in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND receive high-quality support and progress well from varied starting points.
• A carefully sequenced curriculum builds secure knowledge and meaningful cross-subject links.
• Teaching is consistently clear and purposeful, with strong early reading, writing and number foundations.
• Inclusion is at the heart of the school, with timely and effective support for all pupils.
• Leaders provide clear direction, use precise priorities and act with integrity.
• Governance and trust oversight are rigorous, well informed and supportive.
• High-quality professional development helps staff deepen expertise and manage workload well.
• Personal development is ambitious, with rich enrichment and extensive leadership opportunities.
• Pupils are confident, resilient and well prepared for the next stage of education and life in modern Britain.
• Parents speak very positively about the school and its work to get the best from pupils.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture in which concerns are actively identified and managed.

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 Farm Junior School attended 96.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.5% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Moat Farm Junior School 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 Farm Junior School had 22.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.7% 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, 14.3% of pupils at Moat Farm Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% 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 Farm Junior School received £7,003 and spent £7,061 for each of its 477 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £492,000 (£1,031 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Stour Vale Academy Trust, income was £7,406 and spending £7,402 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 Oldbury · Sandwell local authority: places and applications

Moat Farm Junior School is part of Stour Vale Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Moat Farm Infant School Oldbury
• Oldbury Academy Oldbury
• Olive Hill Primary Academy Halesowen
• Newtown Primary School West Bromwich
• The Earls High School Halesowen
• Northfield Road Primary School Dudley
• Huntingtree Primary School Halesowen
• Redhill School Stourbridge
• The Wordsley School Stourbridge
• Holywell Primary and Nursery School Birmingham

What is Moat Farm Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Moat Farm Junior School is Strong standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Moat Farm Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Moat Farm Junior School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Moat Farm Junior School have?

Moat Farm Junior School has 477 pupils on roll.

What age range does Moat Farm Junior School cover?

Moat Farm Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Moat Farm Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Moat Farm Junior School?

Moat Farm Junior School is at Brookfields Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 9QR.