Moons Moat First School

About Moons Moat First School

Moons Moat First School sits within Worcestershire local authority, one of 180 primary schools in the county. It is a state-funded, mixed-gender primary for children aged 3 to 9, with a nursery on site. The school is not among the top-ranked primaries in the area — the highest-scoring local peers include Inkberrow Primary School and Hanley Swan St Gabriel's with St Mary's CofE Primary School, both on 88, and Malvern Wyche CofE Primary School on 86. Moons Moat is a smaller-than-average school, with 190 pupils against a capacity of 280, and a higher-than-average proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 27.6%. The school is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake: 52 applications were received for 22 places, with 20 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.36. This suggests strong local demand, particularly from families who live close enough to make it their first choice.

Academically, Moons Moat was rated Good in its most recent graded Ofsted inspection in 2013, and a subsequent ungraded inspection in 2022 confirmed the school remains Good. The previous graded inspection in 2009 had rated the school as Requires Improvement, so the improvement to Good represents a clear step up. The Ofsted breakdown shows leadership and management were also judged Good in 2013. No specific Key Stage 2 SATs results are available for the school, so it is not possible to compare its academic performance against the Worcestershire local authority average of 61% for KS2. However, the school's Good rating and oversubscription suggest parents are confident in the quality of education on offer. The school does not have a sixth form, which is typical for a first school catering only up to age 9, and there are no exam results at A-Level to report.

The school offers a wide range of facilities including playing fields, a forest school, art studios, a gymnasium, sports hall, music rooms, and even a chapel. Sports on offer include cross country, rounders, football, cricket, and dance, while clubs extend to science, art, chess, and book club. For children with additional needs, the school provides for moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. With its nursery provision, Moons Moat suits families looking for a single-site primary journey from age 3 up to Year 4, before children typically move to a middle school. The oversubscription means early application is wise, and the school's Good rating and broad facilities make it a solid choice for families in Redditch who value outdoor learning and a varied extracurricular offer.

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