Fairfield Primary School

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Gallowbarrow
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 0DX
Phone 01900821133
Reference Number 142196

General Makeup

Number of pupils 447
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46.98%
Girls: 53.02%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 6.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.4
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 24 25 49
2 29 31 60
3 37 26 63
4 23 38 61
5 24 35 59
6 26 27 53

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89.9%
Unclassified 2.9%
White, Other 2.5%
Mixed, Other 1.1%
Indian 0.9%
White & Asian 0.4%
African 0.4%
Asian, Other 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
27 Sep 2023 School inspection
03 Jul 2018 Short inspection
05 Aug 2015 Academy conversion letter
07 Oct 2014 Full inspection:
Previously as Fairfield Primary School
07 Oct 2014 Full inspection:
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
28 Nov 2007 Full inspection:
28 Nov 2007 Full inspection:
10 Feb 2004 Full inspection
10 Feb 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 83%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 23%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 107

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.2
Writing 1.2
Maths -0.8

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 22 0
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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