Fairfield Park Lower School

Community school·First school Fairfield Park, Central Bedfordshire·SG5 4FD

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Fairfield Park Lower School is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

74 first choices, 85 places

First choices per place

0.87

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

165

any preference, for 85 places

Applications from another council area

13%

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.23

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0420220.9720230.9120241.1020250.872026

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

Every child who put Fairfield Park Lower School 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).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 516
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

6.5%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

3.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

12.0%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.3%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

8.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

25.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,674

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Pix Brook Academy Stotfold · 1.4 mi 46.0 Etonbury Academy Arlesey · 1.4 mi 51.7 Derwent Primary School Henlow · 2.4 mi 57.7 Raynsford Church of England Academy Henlow · 2.7 mi 64.3 Clifton All Saints Academy Near Shefford · 3.4 mi 59.8 Meppershall Church of England Academy Shefford · 4.2 mi 19.5 Langford Village Academy Biggleswade · 4.3 mi 40.3 Robert Bloomfield Academy Shefford · 4.7 mi 30.8

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Fairfield Park Lower School at a glance

Located in Fairfield Park, Central Bedfordshire, Fairfield Park Lower School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 516 pupils aged 3 to 9. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Fairfield Park Lower School their first choice was offered one of its 85 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 25.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 7% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.