Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre

Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre continues to demonstrate strong performance as a good school. Leaders are committed to fostering a unified community, characterized by solid relationships among staff, parents, and students. The school prioritizes the safety and well-being of its pupils, creating a supportive environment where bullying is rare and promptly addressed. Students, from nursery through Year 6, benefit from a well-structured curriculum that supports their reading and language development, alongside numerous extracurricular opportunities that promote personal growth.

Strengths

• Strong leadership fostering a united community.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND and additional needs.
• Well-planned reading curriculum with strong phonics instruction.
• Positive relationships between staff, parents, and pupils.
• Pupils conduct themselves well and enjoy their learning.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements.
• Opportunities for outdoor learning and extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some work provided to pupils is too difficult or unclear.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.7% of pupils at Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre had 40.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 39.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.1% of pupils at Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre received £9,789 and spent £9,812 for each of its 237 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £14,000 (£60 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre last inspected by Ofsted?

Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre have?

Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre has 254 pupils on roll.

What age range does Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre cover?

Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre?

Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre is at The Fairway, London, NW7 3HS.