Moons Moat First School
Cleeve Close, Church Hill, Redditch, B98 9HR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Karen Crawford
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Redditch
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 280
- Pupils on roll
- 170
- URN
- 116765
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 0152761498
About this school
Moons Moat First School is a community primary school in Redditch. It teaches children aged 3 to 9 and has 170 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Moons Moat First School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Moons Moat First School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 232 |
| 2023/24 | 219 |
| 2024/25 | 190 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Moons Moat First School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.7% | 29.5% | 170 | — |
| Abbeywood First School | — | 5.4% | 27.3% | 255 | 0.4 miles |
| Arrow Valley First School | — | 5.9% | 28.6% | 137 | 0.5 miles |
| Tenacres First School | — | 4.9% | 20.4% | 277 | 0.9 miles |
| Beoley First School | — | — | — | 104 | 1.0 miles |
| St George's CofE First School and Nursery | — | 7% | 12.7% | 170 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.48%
- English as an additional language
- 22.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.72%
- Persistent absence
- 14.77%
Location
Nearby schools
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Abbeywood First School0.4 miles
Primary · Redditch
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Arrow Valley First School0.5 miles
Primary · Redditch
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Tenacres First School0.9 miles
Primary · Redditch
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Beoley First School1.0 miles
Primary · Redditch
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St George's CofE First School and Nursery1.1 miles
Primary · Redditch
Other schools in Redditch
- Abbeywood First School Primary
- Arrow Valley First School Primary
- Astwood Bank Primary School Primary
- Batchley First and Nursery School Primary
- Beoley First School Primary
- Crabbs Cross Academy Primary
- Feckenham CofE Primary School Primary
- Holyoakes Field First School Primary
- Matchborough First School Academy Primary
- Oak Hill First School Primary
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School Primary
- St George's CofE First School and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Moons Moat First School teach?
- Moons Moat First School teaches children aged 3 to 9. It is a primary school in Redditch.
- Who is the headteacher of Moons Moat First School?
- The headteacher of Moons Moat First School is Miss Karen Crawford, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Moons Moat First School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Moons Moat First School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Moons Moat First School?
- Moons Moat First School has 170 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 9.
- Is Moons Moat First School full?
- Moons Moat First School has capacity for 280 pupils and 170 on roll (61%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Moons Moat First School a faith school?
- No. Moons Moat First School has no designated religious character.
- Does Moons Moat First School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Moons Moat First School as having nursery classes.
- What is Moons Moat First School's absence rate?
- Moons Moat First School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Moons Moat First School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Moons Moat First School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.