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Fairway Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 236Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 106046URN

The Fairway, Offerton, Stockport, SK2 5DR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodNov 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2023
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.5per place
0.5 above Stockport median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Stockport

105 applications for 30 places · 18th of 72 in Stockport
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
50%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodNov 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2023

Inspection history

  1. 26 April 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 28 November 2013
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.5applications per place, Reception
0.5 above Stockport median (3.0) 1.3 above England median (2.2)

105 applications · 30 places offered · 39 named it first

  1. 2026 3.5; Stockport median median 3.0
  2. 2025 3.6; Stockport median median 2.9
  3. 2024 3.1; Stockport median median 2.9
  4. 2023 3.2; Stockport median median 2.4
  5. 2022 3.7; Stockport median median 2.3
  6. 2021 4.0; Stockport median median 2.3
  7. 2020 3.2; Stockport median median 2.2
  8. 2019 3.6; Stockport median median 2.4
  9. 2018 3.0; Stockport median median 2.3
  10. 2017 2.6; Stockport median median 2.4
  11. 2016 3.1; Stockport median median 2.4
  12. 2015 3.3; Stockport median median 2.4
  13. 2014 2.8; Stockport median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Stockport median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Stockport median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026301053.5391.30
Sep 2025301073.6411.37
Sep 202430923.1331.10
Sep 202330953.2371.23
Sep 2022301103.7471.57
Sep 2021291174.0461.59
Sep 202030973.2361.20
Sep 2019301083.6381.27
Sep 201830903.0311.03
Sep 201729762.6321.10
Sep 201630923.1351.17
Sep 201530983.3311.03
Sep 201430832.8280.93

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 57% · Writing 73% · Maths 67% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard50%53rd of 69 in Stockport
Reading
Expected standard57%
Higher standard17%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard73%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard67%
Higher standard23%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Stockport median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2550%0%103104
2023/2470%7%105106
2022/2360%10%106105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
106046 · 356/2032
Capacity
210 pupils · 236 on roll
Free school meals
14.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
The Fairway, Offerton, Stockport, SK2 5DR
Local authority
Stockport

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources