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Fairlands Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 655Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 143785URN

Pound Avenue, Stevenage, SG1 3JA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.7 below Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

141 applications for 73 places · 263rd of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
57%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 11 November 2025Published 11 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong 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. 11 November 2025
    Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
  2. 15 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
1.9applications per place, Reception
0.7 below Hertfordshire median (2.6) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

141 applications · 73 places offered · 70 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 0 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Dashed bars: as Fairlands Primary School and Nursery (URN 117152), the previous school.

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 2026731411.9700.96
Sep 2025671362.0640.96
Sep 2024691702.5600.87
Sep 2023801652.1740.93
Sep 2022861742.0790.92
Sep 2021881782.0700.80
Sep 2020781682.2660.85
Sep 2019781501.9680.87
Sep 2018831531.8730.88
Sep 2017851732.0770.91
Sep 2016 *781752.2700.90
Sep 2015 *902032.3941.04
Sep 2014 *841732.1690.82

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 74% · Writing 69% · Maths 73% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard57%230th of 331 in Hertfordshire
Reading
Expected standard74%
Higher standard31%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard69%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard73%
Higher standard32%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2557%9%105105
2023/2444%13%103102
2022/2349%11%104102

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
143785 · 919/2110
Trust
The Claxton Trust
Capacity
720 pupils · 655 on roll
Free school meals
39.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2017
Replaced
Fairlands Primary School and Nursery (URN 117152)
Address
Pound Avenue, Stevenage, SG1 3JA
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Stevenage

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