Fairfield Infant and Nursery School
Fairfield Infant & Nursery School, Bench Road, Buxton, SK17 7PQ
This school is closed (it closed in May 2026).
It was replaced by Fairfield Infant and Nursery School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jennifer Allin
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- High Peak
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 131
- URN
- 112699
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
About this school
Fairfield Infant and Nursery School was a community primary school in Buxton. It taught children aged 2 to 7 and had 131 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Fairfield Infant and Nursery 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 204 |
| 2023/24 | 186 |
| 2024/25 | 149 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Fairfield Infant and Nursery School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.9% | 63.5% | 131 | — |
| Fairfield Infant and Nursery School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| St Peter's Church of England (VC) Junior School | 53% | 5.1% | 56.7% | 165 | 0.2 miles |
| Buxton Infant School | — | — | — | — | 0.5 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic Voluntary Academy | 53% | 6.2% | 27.2% | 252 | 0.6 miles |
| Buxton Junior School | — | — | — | — | 0.9 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 63.48%
- English as an additional language
- 4.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.87%
- Persistent absence
- 14.12%
Location
Nearby schools
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Fairfield Infant and Nursery School0.0 miles
Primary · Buxton
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St Peter's Church of England (VC) Junior School0.2 miles
Primary · Buxton
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Buxton Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Buxton
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St Anne's Catholic Voluntary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Buxton
-
Buxton Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Buxton
Other schools in Buxton
- Biggin CofE Primary School Primary
- Bishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary School Primary
- Burbage Primary School Primary
- Buxton Infant School Primary
- Buxton Junior School Primary
- Dove Holes CofE Primary School Primary
- Earl Sterndale CofE Primary School Primary
- Fairfield Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Great Hucklow CE Primary Primary
- Harpur Hill Primary School Primary
- Hartington CofE Primary School Primary
- Hollinsclough Church of England Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Fairfield Infant and Nursery School teach?
- Fairfield Infant and Nursery School taught children aged 2 to 7. It was a primary school in Buxton.
- Has Fairfield Infant and Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fairfield Infant and Nursery 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 many pupils are at Fairfield Infant and Nursery School?
- Fairfield Infant and Nursery School had 131 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 7.
- Does Fairfield Infant and Nursery School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Fairfield Infant and Nursery School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.