Fairfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Widnes, Halton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Halton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fairfield Primary School is a primary school in Widnes, Halton for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 February 2024. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Fairfield 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 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, there were 47 first-choice applications for 48 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out (a last distance was published) in 2022.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 ranked 4th highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Halton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Peelhouse Lane, Widnes, WA8 6TH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 582 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 February 2024
Strengths
- “This school has high ambitions for pupils’ academic success.”
- “These aspirations extend to pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Pupils at this school flourish academically, personally and socially.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, some pupils do not have enough chances to revisit and recap their previous learning.”
- “Occasionally, this means that these pupils do not deepen their knowledge as much as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 2024 (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) | 68% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 47 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 Halton.
- St Bede's Catholic Infant School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Bede's Catholic Junior School 0.4 mi Improved significantly
- Kingsway Primary Academy School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorfield Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lunts Heath Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published