Fairfield Community Primary School
Cheshire Drive, South Wigston, Wigston, LE18 4WA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SYMPHONY LEARNING TRUST
- Executive Headteacher
- Mr Tom Keene
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Symphony Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 227
- URN
- 137933
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162782424
About this school
Fairfield Community Primary School is a primary academy in Wigston. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 227 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 32 | 29 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 62% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 3% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 69% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 86% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 69% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
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 Community 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 | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 66% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 210 |
| 2023/24 | 205 |
| 2024/25 | 207 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Fairfield Community Primary School compares
Fairfield Community Primary School ranked 165th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 4.9% | 18.8% | 227 | — |
| Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy | 45% | 5% | 43.5% | 203 | 0.5 miles |
| Water Leys Primary School | 56% | 5.4% | 18.2% | 402 | 0.6 miles |
| Parkland Primary School South Wigston | 52% | 5.7% | 33.6% | 549 | 0.7 miles |
| Rolleston Primary School | 42% | 5.9% | 48.5% | 397 | 0.8 miles |
| Little Hill Primary | 63% | 4.7% | 16.5% | 406 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.84%
- English as an additional language
- 14%
- Overall absence
- 4.92%
- Persistent absence
- 14.89%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Water Leys Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Wigston
-
Parkland Primary School South Wigston0.7 miles
Primary · Wigston
-
Rolleston Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Little Hill Primary0.9 miles
Primary · Wigston
Other schools in Wigston
Fairfield Community Primary School ranks 6th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Wigston.
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Glenmere Community Primary School Primary
- Kilby St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Little Hill Primary Primary
- Parkland Primary School South Wigston Primary
- Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire Primary
- The Meadow Community Primary School Primary
- Thythorn Field Community Primary School Primary
- Water Leys Primary School Primary
- Wigston Menphys Nursery School Nursery
- South Wigston High School Secondary
- Wigston Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Fairfield Community Primary School teach?
- Fairfield Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Wigston.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Fairfield Community Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Fairfield Community Primary School is Mr Tom Keene, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Fairfield Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fairfield Community 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 Community Primary School?
- Fairfield Community Primary School has 227 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Fairfield Community Primary School full?
- Fairfield Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 227 on roll (108%), so it is at or above 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 Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Fairfield Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Fairfield Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Fairfield Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Fairfield Community Primary School?
- Fairfield Community Primary School is part of SYMPHONY LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Fairfield Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 66% in 2022/23 and 52% 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 Community Primary School rank locally?
- Fairfield Community Primary School ranked 165th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% 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 Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Fairfield Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Fairfield Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Fairfield Community 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 1 July 2026.