Moons Moat First School, Redditch

Ofsted's report card from its 12 May 2026 inspection grades Moons Moat First School on 7 areas: 5 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Leaders focus on ensuring that pupils, including those with low starting points on arrival, typically achieve well."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Pupils learn a broad curriculum that is based on the national curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Inclusion is at the forefront of the school's work."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The pupils are at the heart of decision-making at Moon's Moat."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils follow a coherent and well-considered personal, social and health education programme based on leaders' inclusive vision for the school."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Leaders have high expectations of pupil attendance."

Early years - Needs attention. "Leaders have rightly identified that the quality of early years provision is inconsistent at Moon's Moat."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that early years staff consistently maximise learning opportunities for children through purposeful activities and high-quality interactions linked to intended learning outcomes"; "Leaders should ensure that their attendance strategy is having the intended impact to raise pupils' attendance rates and take swift action where needed".

In its own words: "If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn. If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive. If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves. If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy. If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include cricket and dance.

The school runs after-school care.

For September 2026 entry, 15 families put Moons Moat First School as their first choice and 36 named it as one of their preferences, for 17 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Moons Moat First School are Abbeywood First School (0.4 miles, Good); Arrow Valley First School (0.5 miles, Good); Tenacres First School (0.9 miles, Good); and Beoley First School (1 mile).

In 2026, 56 pupils (32.9%) received SEN support and 12 (7.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Moons Moat First School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Redditch Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Oast House (opposite), 390 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 212 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Worcestershire (78), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Moons Moat First School issued 12 suspensions, 6.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Moons Moat First School are Church Hill Middle School (0.4 miles), Ipsley CofE Middle School (0.8 miles), Arrow Vale High School (1.1 miles) and St Bede's Catholic Middle School (1.1 miles).