Fairfields Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Basingstoke, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fairfields Primary School is a primary school in Basingstoke, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2022. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Fairfields 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 |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out in all 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 43 first-choice applications for 50 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Council Road, Basingstoke, RG21 3DH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 403 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 November 2022
Strengths
- “The school’s core values of ‘love, honesty, celebration and respect’ underpin everything pupils experience at this community school.”
- “Pupils and staff are friendly and welcoming, creating an inclusive culture throughout the school.”
- “One pupil explained, reflecting the views of many, ‘We are a big community where everyone welcomes you into one family.’”
To improve
- “However, some subjects need further development to ensure that pupils are fully confident in remembering and recalling important knowledge and skills.”
- “This means that pupils are not always learning as much as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 February 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) | 52% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 43 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 Hampshire.
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged
- Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kings Furlong Junior School 0.6 mi Not judged
- Rucstall Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- South View Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Oakridge Junior School 1.1 mi Improved significantly
- South View Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Oakridge Infant School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published