Moat Farm Infant School

Moat Farm Infant School is a large, inclusive infant school that has made rapid progress since joining Stour Vale Academy Trust in June 2024. Leadership and governance are a standout strength: leaders know their community well, have built exceptionally positive relationships with families, and have used trust expertise to drive significant improvements in attendance, professional learning and pupil achievement. Safeguarding standards are met, and parents speak highly of the support the school provides.

Strengths

• Leaders demonstrate a deep understanding of the school's context and place pupils' needs at the centre of decision-making
• Trust and local governing body provide diligent oversight and keep leaders focused on priorities
• Attendance has improved notably through swift, family-centred support and clear communication
• Disadvantaged pupils, those with SEND and vulnerable pupils achieve well through inclusive practice
• Strong phonics teaching and early reading ensure pupils grasp foundational knowledge effectively
• Early years provision is high quality, with skilled staff building on each child's starting point
• Behaviour is calm and orderly, with a significant reduction in playground incidents
• Personal development is coherently planned around six core values and prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain
• Staff feel well supported with workload and wellbeing, including a revised marking policy
• Pupils feel safe and relationships between staff, pupils and families are strong

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching is not consistently effective in supporting pupils to learn key knowledge
• Curriculum delivery varies between staff and does not always account for pupils' starting points or address misconceptions
• Communication strategies for pupils needing additional help are not fully embedded, so some pupils are not supported as well as they could be

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 Infant School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.7% 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 Infant 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 Infant School had 20.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.8% 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, 14.7% of pupils at Moat Farm Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.9% 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 Moat Farm Infant School received £11,278 and spent £10,806 for each of its 392 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £619,000 (£1,580 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 Infant School is part of Stour Vale Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Moat Farm Junior 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 Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Moat Farm Infant School is Expected standard, from an inspection in January 2026.

When was Moat Farm Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Moat Farm Infant School was last inspected in January 2026.

How many pupils does Moat Farm Infant School have?

Moat Farm Infant School has 407 pupils on roll.

What age range does Moat Farm Infant School cover?

Moat Farm Infant School for pupils aged 2 to 7.

Where is Moat Farm Infant School?

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