Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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- 2026 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2025 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2024 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2023 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2022 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2021 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2020 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2019 1.5; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 1.5; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2017 1.3; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Derbyshire median
Dashed bars: as Fairfield Infant and Nursery School (URN 112699), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 * | 34 | 46 | 1.4 | 34 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 * | 29 | 45 | 1.6 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 34 | 47 | 1.4 | 34 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 43 | 61 | 1.4 | 43 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 35 | 56 | 1.6 | 35 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 49 | 76 | 1.6 | 49 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 51 | 72 | 1.4 | 51 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 41 | 61 | 1.5 | 39 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 * | 33 | 50 | 1.5 | 32 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 * | 50 | 63 | 1.3 | 50 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 46 | 63 | 1.4 | 44 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 * | 40 | 53 | 1.3 | 36 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 * | 33 | 54 | 1.6 | 33 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Fairfield Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade2025
- 0.3 km · DerbyshireRemains Good202453%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · DerbyshireGood2023
- 1.0 km · DerbyshireGood20221.8applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · DerbyshireRemains Good2023
- 1.9 km · DerbyshireStandards maintained2024
- 2.3 km · DerbyshireGood20232.2applications per place
- 3.4 km · DerbyshireGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 21%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · DerbyshireGood20242.8applications per place
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151889 · 830/2362
- Capacity
- 180 pupils
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2026
- Replaced
- Fairfield Infant and Nursery School (URN 112699)
- Address
- Fairfield Infant & Nursery School, Bench Road, Fairfield, Buxton, SK17 7PQ
- Local authority
- Derbyshire · High Peak
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources