Moat Farm Junior School

Academy converter·Primary school Oldbury, Sandwell·B68 9QR
Composite score
65.9
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#2,450
National rank
#211
In West Midlands
#9
In Sandwell
Top 17%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

School profile

Age range
7–11
Pupils on roll
477
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
39.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,692
Typical primary: £6,960

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School overview

Moat Farm Junior School is a primary school serving Oldbury, Sandwell, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 477 pupils aged 7 to 11 on roll. 78% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 17% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 40% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Moat Farm Junior School 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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