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Fairfield Park Lower School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 479Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 135021URN

Dickens Boulevard, Fairfield Park, SG5 4FD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
close to Central Bedfordshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire

165 applications for 85 places · 42nd of 82 in Central Bedfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 16 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
1.9applications per place, Reception
close to Central Bedfordshire median (2.1) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

165 applications · 85 places offered · 74 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 2.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6
  • This school
  • Central Bedfordshire 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 2026851651.9740.87
Sep 2025891661.9981.10
Sep 2024861682.0780.91
Sep 2023721301.8700.97
Sep 2022901591.8941.04
Sep 2021731381.9700.96
Sep 2020801411.8801.00
Sep 2019901611.8840.93
Sep 2018851411.7840.99
Sep 2017831672.0760.92
Sep 2016841531.8740.88
Sep 2015601442.4641.07
Sep 2014601312.2691.15

Schools nearby

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

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
135021 · 823/3351
Capacity
514 pupils · 479 on roll
Free school meals
7.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2007
Address
Dickens Boulevard, Fairfield Park, SG5 4FD
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire

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