Fairways Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.608 miles
Published by Southend-on-Sea City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fairways Primary School is a primary school in Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 July 2023. Southend-on-Sea has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Fairways 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 | 2.608 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 2.608 miles away, 3rd longest of 16 Southend-on-Sea primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.77 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 40 first-choice applications for 42 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 17.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southend-on-Sea.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southend-on-Sea schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Fairway, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 4QW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 407 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 July 2023
Strengths
- “They enjoy being with their many friends.”
- “Pupils are respectful and accepting of each other’s differences.”
- “They learn in a kind, loving and calm place where they flourish in their learning and in their relationships.”
To improve
- “A few subjects are in an earlier stage of development.”
- “In these subjects, leaders have not yet been clear about the precise knowledge, and vocabulary, that pupils need to learn.”
- “Teachers are not as clear about which aspects of learning are the most important to assess.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 2023 (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) | 70% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 40 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 Southend-on-Sea.
- Edwards Hall Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Blenheim Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- West Leigh Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Leigh Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Eastwood Primary School & Nursery 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Heycroft Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Darlinghurst Academy 1.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Leigh North Street Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published