Fairfields Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 2–11 · Milton Keynes
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.998 miles
Published by Milton Keynes City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fairfields Primary School is a primary school in Milton Keynes for ages 2–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 July 2022. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 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 | 0.998 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.998 miles away, the 3rd shortest of the 9 Milton Keynes primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 105 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 89 offers went to first-choice families and 16 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the 2nd highest of 5 schools: this one and the 4 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Milton Keynes that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Milton Keynes schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Apollo Avenue, Fairfields, Milton Keynes, MK11 4BA
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 603 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are rightly proud to be part of a happy and inclusive community.”
- “Pupils embody many aspects of it in their day-to-day approaches to school.”
- “They celebrate difference, they are motivated to do well, and they respond with kindness to others.”
To improve
- “In some foundation subjects, assessment information is not yet effectively used.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 October 2022 (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) | 80% | 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: 105 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 89 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 Milton Keynes.
- Watling Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whitehouse Primary School 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Greenleys First School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenleys Junior School 1.2 mi Good
- Ashbrook School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Two Mile Ash School 1.3 mi Outstanding
- Russell Street School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published