Free schools · Primary
Northampton · NN2 6JW · West Northamptonshire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenURN 122160
Fairfields School
Community special school · Northampton · NN2 6JN
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
124
Local authority
West Northamptonshire
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 3–11, in Northampton, West Northamptonshire, 124 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school. Free school meals: 31.5%. SEN provision includes: VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication….
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Overview
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 122160
Location
- Address
- Trinity Avenue
- Postcode
- NN2 6JN
- Town
- Northampton
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- District
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 124
- Boys / girls
- 75 / 49
- School capacity
- 115
- Capacity fill
- 124 / 115 (108%)
- Free school meals
- 31.5%
- FSM pupils
- 39
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lesley Elder
- Telephone
- 01604714777
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Outstanding
Inspection date
2024-05-08
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%