Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre

Community school·Primary school London, Barnet·NW7 3HS
Composite score
57.0
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#4,833
National rank
#984
In London
#58
In Barnet
Top 33%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
19 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
0.83
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
69
any preference, for 23 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.21
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020221.0320230.7120241.0320250.832026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
270
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
81.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
23.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
28.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,440
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre is a primary school serving London, Barnet, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 270 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 33% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 19 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.9%. There are about 28.8 pupils per teacher. Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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