Moat Farm Infant School
Primary · Oldbury · B68 9QR
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 11 November 2025 · report published 11 January 2026
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
407 pupils · 113% of 360 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 31% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 23.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 18.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 149847
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 110 families named it first for 113 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. We hold 3 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 11 November 2025, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.97 first-choice applications per place113 places offered · 110 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Oldbury school admissions · Sandwell school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 37% (Sandwell 33%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 25% (Sandwell 15%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 10% (Sandwell 10%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Sandwell 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Sandwell 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Sandwell 2%, England 2%) · Black African 3% (Sandwell 7%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Sandwell 3%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Sandwell 5%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Sandwell 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Sandwell 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Sandwell 4%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Sandwell: 1.35 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
9.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £44,179; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Vacancies, sickness and pay, last three years Premium
Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.
Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 3% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £590,000; in-year balance +£221,000
Spending and reserves, last three years Premium
Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.
Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 11 November 2025: Expected standard
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 18.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 33.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 18.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 32.7% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 43.6% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 58% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 27.9% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 13.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 2.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 4.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 7.1% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 25% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009942 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £230,000349 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £195,000–£264,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 16an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 14an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 25an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 6an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted