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Fairfield Community Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 227Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 137933URN

Cheshire Drive, South Wigston, Wigston, LE18 4WA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.1per place
0.3 above Leicestershire median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leicestershire

89 applications for 29 places · 57th of 176 in Leicestershire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
52%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 15 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 7 Expected standard
  2. 16 September 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
3.1applications per place, Reception
0.3 above Leicestershire median (2.7) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

89 applications · 29 places offered · 30 named it first

  1. 2026 3.1; Leicestershire median median 2.7
  2. 2025 3.4; Leicestershire median median 2.8
  3. 2024 2.9; Leicestershire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.6; Leicestershire median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.0; Leicestershire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 2.2; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 2.3; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.6; Leicestershire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 3.0; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.8; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.6; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.2; Leicestershire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 2.1; Leicestershire median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Leicestershire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Leicestershire 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 202629893.1301.03
Sep 2025301023.4311.03
Sep 202425732.9251.00
Sep 202329742.6291.00
Sep 202227552.0271.00
Sep 202130672.2290.97
Sep 202030682.3301.00
Sep 201930772.6411.37
Sep 201830893.0421.40
Sep 201730852.8431.43
Sep 201629742.6250.86
Sep 201531692.2421.35
Sep 201429602.1371.28

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 61% · Writing 77% · Maths 71% → all three 52% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard52%164th of 211 in Leicestershire
Reading
Expected standard61%
Higher standard19%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard77%
Greater depth6%
Maths
Expected standard71%
Higher standard16%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Leicestershire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2552%6%103103
2023/2462%3%104106
2022/2366%6%105103

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

  • 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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
137933 · 855/2158
Trust
Symphony Learning Trust
Capacity
210 pupils · 227 on roll
Free school meals
13.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 March 2012
Replaced
Fairfield Community Primary School (URN 119969)
Address
Cheshire Drive, South Wigston, Wigston, LE18 4WA
Local authority
Leicestershire · Oadby and Wigston

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