Moorgate Primary Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Tamworth, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.691 miles

Furthest distance (miles): "1.691" · Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Moorgate Primary Academy is a primary school in Tamworth, Staffordshire for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 November 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.

Moorgate Primary Academy catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	1.691 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Reception 2026 drew 35 first-choice applications for 48 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer and the 2nd lowest of 296 Staffordshire primary schools.
Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 13 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 1.691 miles, the 21st longest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 1.27 miles.
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Moorgate, Tamworth, B79 7EL
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 310 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 27.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 27.1

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 14 November 2023

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy attending Moorgate Primary Academy.”
“They happily live the school motto: achieve, challenge, enjoy.”
“The school does all it can to make sure pupils attend regularly and on time.”

To improve

“However, in a few subjects, highattaining pupils do not always achieve as well as they could.”
“This is because in these subjects, the curriculum is not sufficiently ambitious for these pupils to achieve their potential.”
“However, some pupils have fallen behind in their reading.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	59%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 35 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 35 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.

Flax Hill Junior Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Ashcroft Infants' School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
William MacGregor Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good
Dunstall Park Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Coton Green Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged
Anker Valley Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published