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Moat Farm Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Academy
Brookfields Road, Oldbury B68 9QR · moatfarm-inf.sandwell.sch.uk · 0121 552 1885
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Sandwell Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 407
- 47 over 360 places · 113%
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 31%
- First language not English
- 20.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Sandwell Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 110 families put the school first and 113 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 113 | 110 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 104 | 95 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 114 | 107 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 104 | 103 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 112 | 106 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Moat Farm Infant School on 11 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 11 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Positive
- 83%
- Replies
- 50
- 12% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on 4 parents (8%) whose child was bullied
based on 21 parents (42%) with SEND