Fairfield Road Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Tameside

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Fairfield Road Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Tameside for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. Tameside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.

Fairfield Road Primary School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2025	Not published
Reception 2024	Not published
Reception 2020	Not published
Reception 2015	Not published
Reception 2014	Not published
Reception 2013	Not published
Reception 2012	Not published
Reception 2011	Not published

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
The school had 51 first-choice applications for 59 offers for Reception 2026: 50 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
28.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Tameside.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Tameside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Grove Street, Droylsden, Manchester, M43 6AF
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Tameside
Pupils on roll: 434 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 28.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.2

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025

Strengths

“Pupils are proud to attend this school.”
“Everyone is made to feel welcome at this school which is at the heart of its community.”
“Pupils feel safe and happy at school.”

To improve

“However, in a small number of subjects, the curriculum does not cover all of the essential content.”
“As a result, some pupils miss out on important subject knowledge.”
“In addition, sometimes the activities that pupils are asked to complete do not help them to commit learning to their long-term memory.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	69%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 51 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 50 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Tameside.

Manchester Road Primary Academy 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Moorside Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
St Stephen's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Greenside Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Aldwyn Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Audenshaw Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published