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Moons Moat First School

PrimaryAges 3–9Community

Redditch, B98 9HR · Worcestershire local authority

Redditch’s School Grade D better than 6% of towns in England

Getting in
15/15
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
170 pupils
61% of its 280 places
Free school meals
30%
30 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Moons Moat First School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 170 pupils for 280 places
  • Ofsted report card, May 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (15 of 15)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (B98 9) sold for a median £255,000; Redditch’s is £250,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Moons Moat First School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

15
families put it first for September 2026
17
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2022 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Worcestershire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Worcestershire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Redditch, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.07 per place
89% got their first choice
1.07 per place
92% got their first choice
1.03 per place
97% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
95% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice
Moons Moat First
0.88 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

190 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
31.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
22.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
29.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Moons Moat First School

A first or lower school: pupils move on before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting May 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and well-beingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Early yearsNeeds attention

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, March 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Moons Moat First School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in B98 9, the school’s postcode sector

Redditch property prices →
£255,000
median sale, 202 sales in 36 months · Redditch £250,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025B98 9Redditch
B98 9Redditch

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£399K
Semi-detached
£258K
Terraced
£195K
Flat
£133K
B98 9Redditch

Homes in B98 9 sell for about the same as Redditch’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

15 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA+DD−C−B−B+BMoons Moat First School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Redditch, B98 9HR

Moons Moat First School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Moons Moat First School?

For September 2026, 15 families put Moons Moat First School first and all of them were offered a place; 17 places were offered in all.

What is Moons Moat First School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (May 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Moons Moat First School?

Homes in its postcode sector, B98 9, sold for a median £255,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (202 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Redditch’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.