Moat Hall Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Walsall, Staffordshire·WS6 6BX
Composite score
48.8
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#7,731
National rank
#792
In West Midlands
#129
In Staffordshire
Top 52%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
32 first choices, 36 places
First choices per place
0.89
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
60
any preference, for 36 places
Applications from another council area
8%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
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1 per place
n/a20221.0020230.8820240.9720250.892026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Moat Hall Primary Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
363
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
35.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,560
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Moat Hall Primary Academy is a primary school serving Walsall, Staffordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 363 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 17.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Moat Hall Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 32 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 35.0 pupils per teacher. Moat Hall Primary Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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