Fairfield Road Primary School
Grove Street, Droylsden, Manchester, M43 6AF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Alec Stephenson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 472
- Pupils on roll
- 434
- URN
- 106207
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01613703625
About this school
Fairfield Road Primary School is a community primary school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 434 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 62 | 61 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 75% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 5% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 87% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 84% | 93% | 85% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 92% | 88% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Fairfield Road Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Tameside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 73% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 455 |
| 2023/24 | 447 |
| 2024/25 | 438 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Fairfield Road Primary School compares
Fairfield Road Primary School ranked 14th of 59 primary schools in Tameside for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 4.7% | 31.8% | 434 | — |
| Manchester Road Primary Academy | 59% | 5.2% | 48.5% | 371 | 0.4 miles |
| St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 234 | 0.4 miles |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | 66% | 3.3% | 26.8% | 232 | 0.4 miles |
| St Clement's CofE Primary School | 58% | 4.7% | 63.2% | 240 | 0.5 miles |
| Moorside Primary School | 58% | 5.4% | 38.6% | 382 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.76%
- English as an additional language
- 22.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.72%
- Persistent absence
- 11.88%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Manchester Road Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
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St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Mary's CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Clement's CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Moorside Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Manchester
Other schools in Manchester
Fairfield Road Primary School ranks 77th of the 252 ranked primary schools in Manchester.
- Abbey Hey Primary Academy Primary
- Abbott Community Primary School Primary
- Acacias Community Primary School Primary
- Acre Hall Primary School Primary
- Aldwyn Primary School Primary
- Alkrington Primary School Primary
- All Saints C of E Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand Primary
- All Saints Primary School Primary
- Alma Park Primary School Primary
- Armitage CofE Primary School Primary
- Ashbury Meadow Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Fairfield Road Primary School teach?
- Fairfield Road Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Fairfield Road Primary School?
- The headteacher of Fairfield Road Primary School is Mr Alec Stephenson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Fairfield Road Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fairfield Road Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Fairfield Road Primary School?
- Fairfield Road Primary School has 434 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Fairfield Road Primary School full?
- Fairfield Road Primary School has capacity for 472 pupils and 434 on roll (92%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Fairfield Road Primary School a faith school?
- No. Fairfield Road Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Fairfield Road Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Fairfield Road Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Fairfield Road Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Fairfield Road Primary School rank locally?
- Fairfield Road Primary School ranked 14th of 59 primary schools in Tameside for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Fairfield Road Primary School's absence rate?
- Fairfield Road Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Fairfield Road Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Fairfield Road Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.