Flax Hill Junior Academy
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Primary
Tamworth · B79 8QZ · Staffordshire
Ages 7–11
- KS265%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM28.2%
0.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 140995
Moorgate Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led · Tamworth · B79 7EL
Ages 2–11 · 310 pupils · Staffordshire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
59%
Overall absence
5.0%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-11-14
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)59%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)15.9%
Unauthorised1.3%
- Authorised absence
- 3.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 258
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill98%
310 pupils · 315 places
- Pupils on roll
- 310
- Boys / girls
- 171 / 139
- School capacity
- 315
- Capacity fill
- 310 / 315 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 28.2%
- FSM pupils
- 84
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Staffordshire University Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathan Williams
Location
- Address
- Moorgate
- Postcode
- B79 7EL
- Town
- Tamworth
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- Tamworth
- Constituency
- Tamworth
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 2–11, in Tamworth, Staffordshire, 310 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 28.2%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Primary
Tamworth · B79 8EF · Staffordshire
Ages 3–7
- Absence5.5%
- FSM37.1%
0.8 miles away
Ashcroft Infants' School
Ofsted: Expected standardCommunity school · Primary
Tamworth · B79 8RU · Staffordshire
Ages 3–7
- Absence4.4%
- FSM6.8%
0.8 miles away
William MacGregor Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Tamworth · B77 2AF · Staffordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS254%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM20.5%
0.8 miles away
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Tamworth · B79 8EN · Staffordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS269%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM26.2%
0.9 miles away
Free schools · Primary
Tamworth · B78 3BQ · Staffordshire
Ages 3–11
- FSM16.1%
0.9 miles away
Coton Green Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Tamworth · B79 8LX · Staffordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS255%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM21.9%
1.0 miles away
Anker Valley Primary Academy
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Primary
Tamworth · B79 0FD · Staffordshire
Ages 3–11
- Absence4.0%
- FSM19.4%
1.0 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathan Williams
- Telephone
- 01827215240