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Fairfield Primary School

Primary · Stockton-on-Tees · TS19 7PW

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 28 September 2022

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At a glance

455 pupils · 91% of 500 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
21% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.fairfieldprimary.org.uk/
URN
134621

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 53 families named it first for 54 Reception places, 0.98 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 28 September 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

54 places offered · 53 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers66.5%
Stockton-on-Tees average66.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 101 miles awayNo current grade62%
Southam Primary SchoolSoutham · 160 miles awayStrong standard76%
Hadleigh Community Primary SchoolHadleigh · 199 miles awayExpected standard70%
Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery SchoolLoughborough · 120 miles awayGood63%
Hillside Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 106 miles awayGood68%
Ballifield Primary SchoolSheffield · 83 miles awayGood59%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, ConsettConsett · 27 miles awayNo current grade52%
The Redstart Primary SchoolChard · 263 miles awayGood67%
Furley Park Primary AcademyAshford · 256 miles awayGood67%
Cheslyn Hay Primary AcademyWalsall · 135 miles awayNot yet graded71%
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary AcademyHeywood · 76 miles awayGood66%
Langold Dyscarr Community SchoolWorksop · 83 miles awayGood38%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 86% (Stockton-on-Tees 80%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Stockton-on-Tees 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Stockton-on-Tees 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Stockton-on-Tees 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Stockton-on-Tees 4%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Stockton-on-Tees 1%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Stockton-on-Tees 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Stockton-on-Tees: 2.27 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 4.9% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

76% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,318; 12% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,305
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £270,752; in-year balance +£10,611

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher27%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier65.5%62.3%
Social housing20.1%17.1%
Privately rented14.1%20.5%
Detached houses10.3%22.9%
Flats18.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms14.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012191 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£175,000417 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£147,000–£210,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (101)£237,000
Semi-detached (263)£170,000
Terraced (50)£136,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
9an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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