Fairfield Park Lower School
Dickens Boulevard, Fairfield Park, SG5 4FD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jennifer Stone
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hitchin
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 514
- Pupils on roll
- 479
- URN
- 135021
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01462830000
About this school
Fairfield Park Lower School is a community primary school in Fairfield Park. It teaches children aged 3 to 9 and has 479 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Fairfield Park Lower School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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
Trends over time
How Fairfield Park Lower 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 | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 489 |
| 2023/24 | 497 |
| 2024/25 | 516 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Fairfield Park Lower School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.6% | 6.5% | 479 | — |
| Stonehill School | 68% | 8.2% | 35.8% | 220 | 0.6 miles |
| Northfields Infants and Nursery School | — | 8.8% | 29.8% | 138 | 1.0 miles |
| The Grange Academy | 64% | 6.3% | 36.2% | 165 | 1.0 miles |
| Gothic Mede Academy | — | 5.3% | 17.4% | 249 | 1.1 miles |
| Roecroft Lower School | — | 4.3% | 8.4% | 359 | 1.2 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)
- 6.53%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.55%
- Persistent absence
- 7.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Stonehill School0.6 miles
Primary · Letchworth Garden City
-
Northfields Infants and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Letchworth Garden City
-
The Grange Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Letchworth Garden City
-
Gothic Mede Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Arlesey
-
Roecroft Lower School1.2 miles
Primary · Hitchin
Common questions
- What ages does Fairfield Park Lower School teach?
- Fairfield Park Lower School teaches children aged 3 to 9. It is a primary school in Fairfield Park.
- Who is the headteacher of Fairfield Park Lower School?
- The headteacher of Fairfield Park Lower School is Mrs Jennifer Stone, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Fairfield Park Lower School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fairfield Park Lower 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 Park Lower School?
- Fairfield Park Lower School has 479 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 9.
- Is Fairfield Park Lower School full?
- Fairfield Park Lower School has capacity for 514 pupils and 479 on roll (93%), 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 Park Lower School a faith school?
- No. Fairfield Park Lower School has no designated religious character.
- Does Fairfield Park Lower School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Fairfield Park Lower School as having nursery classes.
- What is Fairfield Park Lower School's absence rate?
- Fairfield Park Lower School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Fairfield Park Lower 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 Park Lower 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 1 July 2026.