Academy sponsor led · Primary
Swadlincote · DE11 0TR · Derbyshire
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 112982
Fairmeadows Foundation Primary School
Foundation school · Swadlincote · DE11 0SW
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
207
Local authority
Derbyshire
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a 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 foundation school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, 207 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 36.2%.
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Overview
- School type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 112982
Location
- Address
- Fairfield Crescent, Newhall
- Postcode
- DE11 0SW
- Town
- Swadlincote
- County
- Derbyshire
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- District
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire
- 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
- 207
- Boys / girls
- 114 / 93
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 207 / 210 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 36.2%
- FSM pupils
- 75
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Reeves
- Telephone
- 01283211019
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
Good
Inspection date
2019-10-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
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)
- 83%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 24%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0